Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman announced Friday that the state will defend its legalization of marijuana for sale medicinally and recreationally against a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Nebraska and Oklahoma. Friday was the final day for Colorado to respond to the lawsuit, which alleged its voter-backed legalization initiative, Amendment 64, has sent a wave of uncontrolled cannabis across the two states’ borders since becoming law in 2012.

Robert Grandt works in the grow room at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver on March 11, 2015.

Arguing that two neighboring states are dangerously attempting "to selectively manipulate Colorado's marijuana laws," state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a landmark lawsuit filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma over marijuana legalization.

The lawsuit seeks to strike down Colorado's licensing of recreational marijuana stores. Nebraska and Oklahoma officials argue that the stores have caused a flood of marijuana into their states, stretching their law enforcement agencies thin and threatening their sovereignty.

Landon Riddle, 5, who has leukemia and uses medical marijuana to treat it, plays in a warehouse where medical caregivers grow marijuana in Denver. Riddle’s mother joined about a dozen activists and caregivers at the facility to discuss adjusting to a Denver City Council decision that bans caregivers from sharing space, which likely could close down warehouses such as this one.

The Denver Fire Department issued 58 permits for warehouses to grow marijuana in nonlicensed facilities last year – marijuana not to be sold in dispensaries. This marijuana was to be grown primarily by caregivers for consumption by medical users or for the grower’s personal use.

Denver Corridor is a Marijuana Operations company that manages 9 retail locations and over 120,000 square feet of cultivation space within the state of Colorado.

JOB DESCRIPTION: The Production Manager will oversee and supervise the production workflow at our Marijuana cultivation facilities. This will include analyzing production metrics and making appropriate adjustments to ensure high-yield production.

Strainwise, Inc. is a consulting, branding and fulfillment company operating within the legalized marijuana industry. We’ve been in business since 2010 and have proven to be a model for quality and excellence. We currently work with 9 approved retail entities and multiple grow/production locations throughout the state of Colorado.

JOB DESCRIPTION: The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation and tracking of various projects for Strainwise.

Strainwise, Inc. is a consulting, branding and fulfillment company operating within the legalized marijuana industry. We’ve been in business since 2010 and have proven to be a model for quality and excellence. We currently work with 9 approved retail entities and multiple grow/production locations throughout the state of Colorado.

JOB DESCRIPTION: The Director of Retail Operations is responsible for overseeing the day to day management of operations for our related retail locations, with a specific emphasis on increasing sales, revenues, customer satisfaction and employee retention.

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Colorado farmer Ryan Loflin, who began harvesting hemp in 2013, sells his crop to a foam-insulation company and to a paper company. Loflin operates Rocky Mountain Hemp Inc. in Springfield. On Saturday, he spoke to more than 50 people at the Four States Ag Expo in Montezuma County.

An attentive audience of more than 50 local farmers and residents quizzed America’s first modern-day industrial hemp farmer at the Four States Ag Expo.

As the three-day event came to a close Saturday, Ryan Loflin fielded dozens of questions during a hemp awareness event. Loflin, a third-generation Colorado farmer, owns and operates the Rocky Mountain Hemp Inc. farm in Springfield.

In 2013, he became the country’s first hemp farmer in nearly six decades.

Washington and Oregon on Friday joined Colorado in defending its recreational marijuana law against a suit brought by two of its neighboring states.

In a filing, Colorado asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the lawsuit — filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma — arguing that it makes a “dangerous use” of legal argument that would leave marijuana legalization in place but largely strip the state of its power to regulate the new industry.

Strainwise, Inc. is a consulting, branding and fulfillment company operating within the legalized marijuana industry. We’ve been in business since 2010 and have proven to be a model for quality and excellence. We currently work with 9 approved retail entities and multiple grow/production locations throughout the state of Colorado.

JOB DESCRIPTION: The Compliance Officer is responsible for managing and maintaining the compliance department for Strainwise, Inc., in order to ensure proper compliance with all applicable Federal, State, City and Town, laws, ordinances, regulations, etc. He/she will be responsible for developing policies, procedures, and best practices to promote compliance both within the company as well as to our rapidly expanding customer base.