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One marijuana business hosts an annual golf tournament in Denver to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. Another Colorado pot company donates to a gay-rights advocacy group and is a sponsor of an AIDS walk.
As marijuana legalization matures, businesses are becoming more ingrained in their communities by donating cash and time to charities — a sign that the stigma of selling a drug that remains illegal under federal law may be fading.
“It’s not all about making money and about profiting,” said Ean Seeb, co-owner of Denver Relief, a dispensary whose monetary and volunteering donations include Ekar Farm and Garden, which grows vegetables for food banks.
It’s unknown how much money marijuana businesses have donated to nonprofits nationally and in Colorado.
“It is a brand new public conversation,” said Tom Downey, a regulatory attorney who specializes in marijuana.
He is a director at the firm Ireland Stapleton, which...
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