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Smoke and mirrors: How intoxicating hemp seeped into the first recreational marijuana market in the country

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January 29, 2026

[#item_full_content] This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. The owner of a marijuana testing lab called a top regulator in Colorado on his cellphone in April 2024 with an urgent situation. “We’ve got something that’s Smoke and mirrors: How intoxicating hemp seeped into the first recreational marijuana market in the country Read More

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