Is intoxicating hemp driving down weed revenue?

Plus: Five plans to manage the Colorado River, making the High Line Canal safer for everyone, What’s Happening this weekend and more

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Nov 21, 2024 - 13:00
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Is intoxicating hemp driving down weed revenue?
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Good morning, Colorado.

Despite weekly physical therapy, some YouTube yoga throughout the week and a regular dollop of CBD cream directly to the area, I continue to wake up with neck pain. Time to research some other relief methods.

What I won’t partake in to mask the pain, however, is whatever “intoxicating hemp” is. But as Brian Eason reports, a lot of others are doing so, and it might be directly related to Colorado’s falling legal-weed revenue.

That and the rest of today’s news below.

The state’s pioneering legal-marijuana industry has slowed to pre-pandemic levels. One potential reason why, according to a new analysis, is the rise of intoxicating hemp, a form of recreational drug that is technically legal across the country, available in a wider variety of stores and less regulated than the sort of legalized marijuana that Colorado was the first to implement. Brian Eason explains.

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The Colorado River flows between Interstate 70 and the Government Highline Canal on July 12 inside De Beque Canyon near Palisade. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

The Bureau of Reclamation on Wednesday outlined five options for how the Colorado River could be managed over the crucial next few decades. It’s a set of potential solutions that impacts 40 million people who rely on the river for water across the increasingly dry West. Shannon Mullane and Jerd Smith break down the plans.

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Debi Hunter Holen, left, and Vanessa Salinas walk the High Line Canal trail near their Aurora neighborhoods. The two are part of a committee put together by the High Line Canal Conservancy to address issues facing families who live near the trail. (Dan England, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Not every stretch of the 71-mile High Line Canal is created equally, with some stretches through less affluent parts of the Denver-Aurora metro earning a reputation for unsafe conditions. The High Line Canal Conservancy is working to change that, Dan England writes. Here’s how.

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A sign advertising Underground Music Showcase outside of the Hi-Dive near South Broadway on July 24 in Denver. Youth on Record took over partial ownership of the festival in 2022. (Rebecca Slezak, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Youth on Record showcase. For the past year, 12 young musicians, ages 18-24, have been meeting up at the Youth on Record HQ in Denver to immerse themselves in the music industry, learn what it takes to be a working musician, and develop their creative projects.

Tonight, the artists will perform in the annual fellowship showcase, a celebration of the hard work, creativity and collaboration that the program gives rise to.

“There’ll be something for everyone,” said Kalyn Heffernen, fellowship lead and the frontwoman of Wheelchair Sports Camp. “They really are so brilliant and badass, I’m convinced they’ll be running the town in no time.”

The Youth on Record Fellowship is more than just a creative outlet. Throughout the year, fellows are taught best professional practices, learn how to set rates and start building a network within the local music industry. Each of the fellows also receives a $3,000 stipend for participating, and all of the ticket sales from the showcase go directly to the artists.

Learn more about the artists, and browse the past cohorts, here. And check out two of this year’s artists, Sofia Young and Jaren Jackson, in this short fundraising video to learn about their experiences with the fellowship.

$20; 6-10 p.m., Nov. 21; Roxy on Broadway, 554 S. Broadway, Denver

See you tomorrow.

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