Cannabis: The Next Frontier – A BizWest Special Report

Cannabis and industrial hemp are two of the fastest growing industries in Colorado, if not the nation.
In Colorado, about $1.7 billion worth of legal cannabis is sold a year, and $266 million in state taxes are collected. All without support from banks because of the federal prohibition on sale and use of marijuana.

Meanwhile, Colorado farmers registered 86,000 acres of land on which to grow hemp. Of that, 45,000 were planted. That’s up from…
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