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Denver restaurants feel unexpected sting from pot tourism

Denver restaurants feel unexpected sting from pot tourism

Bloomberg

Kate Krader ~ April 1, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Restaurant workers in the Mile High City are asking: Why work in a stressful kitchen when you can make $22 an hour in a greenhouse?

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“… the city is facing a major problem as a result of one of its biggest recent tourism drivers. The pot industry is taking a toll on local restaurant work forces and in some cases, liquor sales. . . . ” . . Read Complete Report


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dig a Little DEEPER: Border Wars, Drug Wars & Pot Prohibition

Economist Admits ‘Mismatch’ Between Greenhouse Gases and ‘Not-Rising Temperatures’

From News Max

Saturday, 30 Mar 2013 11:00 PM

By Greg Richter

The Economist has been fairly consistent in its stand that carbon dioxide emissions from man-made sources are the chief cause of global warming. But in an editorial this week, it sounds less certain.

Global warming predictions haven’t panned out as predicted in the past decade, but the why is a bit fuzzy, the magazine admits.

Greenhouse gas emissions have soared during the past 15 years, the magazine notes, with 100 billion tons of carbon having been added to the atmosphere between 2000 and 2010. Still, both air and ground temperatures during that time have remained virtually unchanged. . . . Read Complete Report