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Denver Post – <\/i>Nearly 100 Colorado medical-marijuana businesses are operating without a finalized state license, the remnants of a bureaucratic backlog now stretching back more than three years<\/a>. In the language of the state Marijuana Enforcement Division, these businesses are “operational pending.” What that means is the businesses are allowed to remain open \u2014 growing and selling marijuana \u2014 while the state conducts its investigation and decides whether to approve or deny the applications the businesses submitted in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Denver Post – Nearly 100 Colorado medical-marijuana businesses are operating without a finalized state license, the remnants of a bureaucratic backlog now stretching back more than three years. 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