The city of Denver's Marijuana Management Symposium starts Thursday

Denver’s Marijuana Management Symposium, the first cannabis event of its kind organized by a government agency, will open its doors at the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday and Friday.

The symposium is getting the attention of governments outside of Colorado. Most of the 200 to 300 attendees the city expects are government employees (cities, counties, fire districts) from Colorado, but there also will be registrants from 10 other states, Washington, D.C., and beyond.

“I hope to get a…