Norton Arbelaez has been a leader in Colorado’s medical cannabis industry since moving here in 2009. He co-founded the Medical Marijuana Industry Group and is a principal in one of Colorado’s largest cannabis companies, RiverRock. A former medical malpractice defender in Louisiana, the 37-year-old currently divides his time between Massachusetts (where his company operates two [...]
With more states passing legislation to legalize the use of weed, and Prop 64 picking up new supporters daily, the industry is not only thriving, but continues to be one of America's most fascinating storylines. Action Bronson, Wiz Khalifa, The Game, Los Arias, and Dr. Dina (who opened California's first weed dispensary) joined Noah Rubin, [...]
Wiz Khalifa Teams With RiverRock Cannabis for New Product Line Wiz Khalifa is taking his weed business to a new high. The Pittsburgh rapper announced his new partnership with Colorado-based company RiverRock Cannabis (Feb. 5) for an exclusive cannabis line. The pro-green MC -- who renewed his deal with RAW Rolling Papers -- [...]
Mile high city: Inside Denver's billion-dollar marijuana industry The grow room is modest – maybe 600 sq ft – but it’s one of many at this marijuana farming facility on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado. Apart from a narrow path to let the grower get to his crop, every inch of floor-space [...]
Medical Marijuana: Do States Know How to Regulate It? "This could get you 10 years in prison,” Norton Arbelaez quips as he opens a 50-gram bag of Jack Frost, one of the highly potent strains of cannabis in storage at RiverRock, the Denver medical marijuana dispensary that Arbelaez co-founded. The stench from the [...]
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International delegation gets lesson on Colorado pot practices Praising Colorado's approach, members of an international delegation shared their concerns and hopes as they move toward legalization of marijuana. After a tour of the RiverRock dispensary Wednesday in Denver, government officials and legislators from Uruguay, Mexico and Canada said Colorado is proving that [...]
Marijuana Crossroads: Dispensary Tour
Obama to banks: Do business with marijuana shops! Obama administration encourages banks to do business with government authorized marijuana dispensaries. Despite the fact that such firms are still illegal under federal law, it is legal in the same alcohol in the states Colorado and Washington. America's first stores for free sale of marijuana opened [...]
Rocky Mountain high: Pot a $200M industry in Colorado Inside the industrial-scale marijuana grow farms that dot Denver’s low-rise warehouse districts, it is perpetual summer — 78 degrees, moderate humidity and fields of shoulder-high plants with fat, sticky buds swaying in the breeze. These unmarked THC factories are easy to miss from the [...]
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