The cannabis industry is experiencing extreme growth. There is no better example of this than a recent press release from The State of Colorado stating that they are now receiving more tax dollars from marijuana than alcohol. Try wrapping your brain around that!

Aside from this growth, the cannabis industry is still in its infancy. Due to regulations and federal laws, operating a business in this industry is anything but easy. A common problem that affects all businesses in the industry is paying employees. Yes, you heard it right! Paying employees in this industry is extremely difficult and dangerous. So difficult and dangerous, that I decided to built a business to fix this exact issue.

Edit: This story was written last holiday season:

That’s not mistletoe.

From new marijuana strains for the holidays to gift sets and pot-and-pumpkin pies, the burgeoning marijuana industry in Colorado is scrambling to get a piece of the holiday shopping dollar. Dispensaries in many states have been offering holiday specials for medical customers for years — but this first season of open-to-all-adults marijuana sales in some states means pot shops are using more of the tricks used by traditional retailers to attract holiday shoppers.

Here’s a look at how the new recreational marijuana industry is trying to attract holiday shoppers:

Unique funding strategy makes it unbelievably simple to have these sophisticated marijuana potency testing systems– portable units that require no chemical additives, provide immediate outcomes, and can be utilized by virtually any individual within minutes of opening the box.

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 28, 2015/ Weed Wire/– Sage Analytics (www.sageanalytics.com), the designers of a brand-new generation of portable, laboratory-quality marijuana potency measurement systems, revealed today that the company has special financing in location on the new Luminary ™ Beacon and Luminary ™ Profiler.

When Washington state legalized recreational marijuana, libertarian James Lathrop saw running a dispensary as something of a political duty. Indeed, Lathrop, the owner of Cannabis City, Seattle's first legal pot shop, is known for declaring "free the weed" just before opening his doors on July 8, 2014.

Trained scientist Carter Baird has created a quirky online persona, with the mission of educating the public about cannabis and the legal marijuana industry.

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Carter Baird seems genuinely surprised at some of the questions he has fielded in his short tenure as The Pot Scientist. While wandering around Denver’s 16th Street pedestrian mall in a lab coat, Baird coaxes both Colorado residents and tourists alike to come up with any queries they might have about cannabis.

And a lot of those questions, he tells WeedWorthy, have to do with popular misconceptions; such as whether marijuana consumption can make men sterile.

Over the last week, the market has seen MassRoots, Inc. (MSRT) fall 17% and this weakness has created a great opportunity for investors. The market significantly undervalues MSRT's underlying intellectual property, which the company continues to enhance and develop through strategic partnerships.

When investing in cannabis stocks, investors need to be cautious. Many of these companies offer a product which can be easily replicated by another business. This is not the case for MSRT. The company not only has a first move advantage, but its technology is protected by patents and would be very difficult to replicate.

Taking the Lion's Share in the Fastest Growing Market

This fall The Marijuana Show — the first-ever reality show about Cannabis coined the “Shark Tank for Ganjapreneurs” — debuts its second season.

With 20 contestants, and access to $10 million in investment capital the show has expanded tremendously since kicking off its first season in 2014.

The show shoots in Denver October 9-12. Investors will be pitched business plans including the first cannabis car since the Model T Ford, CBD vodka, and CBD dog bones created by a 10-year-old CEO and his mother.

This summer, Colorado’s State University’s Archives and Special Collections Department started gathering materials to create the Amendment 64 Collection.

This archival collection will consist of any documents related to the legalization of marijuana in effort to preserve this historical event.

Janet Bishop, the coordinator for Archives and Special Collections at CSU, introduced the idea of finding materials for an archive on this topic.

“I guess it’s fair to say it was my idea, but I did get input,” Bishop said. “I thought this would be good, even though perhaps controversial.”

Representatives of the marijuana industry, supported by Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles, want the city to reconsider its approach to marijuana regulation and come in line with the rest of the state, but top city officials say the more stringent approach has resulted in a safer city while still allowing businesses to be competitive.