Colorado has a serious pot money problem.

And it's not that it's being laundered.

The state is on track to have to refund the revenue it generates this fiscal year from two voter-approved retail marijuana taxes: the 10 percent sales tax and 15 percent excise tax were intended to pay for school building construction and the enforcement and regulation of the drug's new market.

COLORADO MARIJUANA TAXES

Ballot projections; FY2014-15 to January

15 percent excise tax: $27.5 million; $12.7 million

10 percent sales tax: $39.5 million; $24.9 million

State spending without new taxes: $12.08 billion

State revenue from the new excise and sales tax: $67 million; $37.6 million

The only federally-approved fields of marijuana in the United States are currently located on the U.S. government’s 12-acre marijuana farm at the University of Mississippi, which has supplied researchers with the drug since 1968. But a new contract to name the official operator of the farm, who will be tasked with growing pot for all the researchers who want to study it over the next five years, will be announced by the end of March. The government's exclusive contract with the University of Mississippi to grow legal cannabis expires on Sunday, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse could choose to move the farm elsewhere.

San Diego — A group of “ganjapreneurs” looking to break into the budding business of marijuana attended the Cannabis Career Institute seminar Sunday.

Attendees shelled out about $300, which includes the cost of a state-specific text book, to attend the daylong course at a downtown hotel. The curriculum included a handful of speakers who taught different aspects of the marijuana industry — from growing the plant to starting a cannabis business, to navigating the legal and regulatory requirements for the ventures.

Many attendees came with ideas of their own.

Potential medical marijuana patients who in live in California and are too shy to ask their primary care physician for a recommendation now have an alternative in marijuana doctors who make house calls.

Meadow recently launched CannabisMD for medicinal enthusiasts who want convenience and privacy. “Some patients don’t want to be seen at a doctor’s office or drive to doctors whose offices are located in a sketchy part of town,” said David Hua, Meadow’s co-founder and CEO. “Others are not mobile so they love the experience of being in the comfort of their home and having a doctor arrive to evaluate them.”

Former U.S. Marine Ryan Begin rolls a medical marijuana joint at his home in Belfast, Maine, in late November. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press)

Three of Maine’s four federally recognized Indian tribes are discussing legalizing marijuana on their lands, including at least one tribe that is considering commercial-scale production of marijuana as a way to provide jobs and income for its members, reports the Portland Press-Herald.

Portland City Hall still doesn't know whether the Oregon Legislature will allow it to levy a 10-percent sales tax on marijuana. 

But city officials are already considering another way to pay for local marijuana regulation: a $1,500 permit to operate a pot business in Portland.

A city budget document shows officials in theOffice of Neighborhood Involvement still aren't sure if such a permit is allowed underMeasure 91, which legalizes recreational weed. But they are planning to make the price steep.

ARE YOU A LOVER OF MARIJUANA MEDIBLES? THE POPULARITY OF THC / CBD INFUSED EDIBLE PRODUCTS – KNOWN AS “MEDIBLES’ – PROVES TOO ENTICING FOR CORPORATE GREED TO IGNORE.

The American Marijuana Industry may still be in it’s infancy stages, but one thing is for sure – it’s not being ignored by Pharmaceutical Companies and Big Business.

One such example may soon be playing itself out in Federal Court – concerning marijuana medibles and the controversial trademarking of the term “medibles” – the validity of the Mark in general.

Big Pharma company Sottopelle Group, Inc has applied for and been granted the Federal trademark for the word medibles, even though the word is considered standard terminology for an “edible” that is “infused” with THC or CBDs.

Electrum Partners’ Leslie Bocskor along with his partner Gordon Katz have filed paperwork with the SEC to launch a cannabis-related hedge fund. Placement agents are aiming to raise $25 million.

“Our approach to investing in companies that touch the plant is a process that’s different from firms like Privateer Holdings and Poseidon Investments,” said Bocskor, an investment banker and entrepreneur. “They don’t have our specific process that contemplates investing in companies that touch the plant.”

The Electrum Hedge Fund’s investment strategy will be based on guidance issued by the Department of Justice and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

GW Pharmaceutical (GWPH: NASDAQ) has quietly outperformed most of its fellow NASDAQ companies during 2015 and Technical420 has been recommending them the whole time. GWPH is up over 10% today and over 36% this year. The company manufactures and sells the first prescribed cannabis-based medicine in over 20 countries and its deep product pipeline will lead to incremental revenue growth for years to come.

A pharmaceutical, not marijuana, company

TORONTO – Supermarkets in Ontario may finally be allowed to sell beer and wine to its customers in the near future, according to a report in the Toronto Star.

The newspaper cites sources saying the Liberal government is eager at loosening the quasi-monopoly held by the Beer Store and in turn offer hundreds of Ontario supermarkets the ability to stock their shelves with alcohol.

Sources tell the Star the move will likely be announced in the upcoming spring budget.