Sweet Leaf, which recently saw its 26 Denver marijuana licenses revoked, doesn’t have to destroy inventory in those facilities – at least not yet.
The company won a “stay of agency action” in Denver District Court on July 23 while it fights the city’s decision.
“Until the legal process is complete, there will be no action by Denver to verify the marijuana is destroyed,” Eric Escudero, communications director of the city’s Department of Excise and Licenses, told Marijuana Business Daily.
Sweet Leaf co-owner and CEO Matthew Aiken wrote in an email last week that the company maintained its innocence and would “rigorously exhaust every option of appeal.”
He characterized Denver as using “Stalinist tactics.”
Sweet Leaf, once one of Colorado’s largest marijuana retailers, has several stores outside Denver that remain open, including one in Portland, Oregon.
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Disgusted !! What a WASTE on so many levels . I PRAY they Win and then MOVE the dispensary so that SAD LITTLE CITY gets Not one dime of revenue!!!
This is a most ridiculous outcome for selling legal cannabis. If it wasn’t for the patchwork of laws across the US, this could not happen.
Come visit Canada where legal means legal. And on October 17, 2018, cannabis will be legal for everyone here!