Colorado pot growers gear up for ‘green rush’

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/colorado-pot-growers-gear-up-for-green-rush/2013/03/25/bed23728-880c-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?hpid=z1

Denver — The pot industry in Colorado is undergoing a massive makeover as it prepares to begin selling marijuana for recreational use legally under state law. Businesses are ramping up production, and trade associations are cleaning up their image, anticipating what could be a billion-dollar industry.

But the entrepreneurs who are hoping to cash in on the “green rush” starting next year are struggling with the unique challenges of conducting a business that the federal government considers a crime.

The state’s pot producers and retailers are having trouble securing business financing because banks won’t give them loans — and most of the time, not even an account.

State lawmakers are about to shake up the marketplace in unpredictable ways with regulations covering everything from the shape of containers to the labeling required for pot-laced brownies and other “infused products.”

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1. Better keep the quality up

Or they will be giving the stuff away.

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2. I bet Holder and Obama continue to arrest pot dealers in CO. n-t