Hemp

Marijuana sales in Colorado have been declining this year, and sales of THC products in the San Luis Valley are no exception. During the first eight months of this year, Saguache County experienced a 19% drop in retail marijuana sales tax collected—$377,150 compared with $465,342 collected for the same period a year ago, according to data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. On the southern end of the San Luis Valley at the border with New Mexico, Costilla County recorded a 34% decline in retail marijuana sales tax—$438,256 in the first eight months of 2022, compared with $663,482 during the same...

COVID-19 comes up almost daily, in almost everyone’s conversations, and many people in our community I have been impacted personally by this virus. For that reason, I was heartened to learn that new research by Oregon State University and affiliates has found that our old friend, hemp, may offer some protection from infection by the virus, if preliminary research leads to future treatment protocols. Colorado is one of the growing number of states that allow gardeners to grow up to six plants of the Cannabis genus for medicine or recreation. Can our plant friends also protect us from COVID? According...