Denver revoked Blazin OG’s marijuana license after discovering illegal operations linked to an interstate drug case, a rare move in the city’s industry.
DENVER — A Denver marijuana business has lost its license after city investigators tied it to an out-of-state drug case and found widespread violations during an inspection.
Denver’s Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection revoked the marijuana license for Blazin OG LLC, also known as OG Medicinals, earlier this month. City records show the decision followed a Nebraska traffic stop involving the wife of the business owner and a subsequent inspection that uncovered more than 1,400 improperly tagged marijuana plants.
According to the Sarpy County District Attorney’s Office in Nebraska, Eileen Steimer was charged with two felonies after being pulled over by Omaha police in March 2025. Officers reported smelling marijuana and later found approximately 31 pounds of marijuana inside heat-sealed bags in the trunk of her vehicle. Court records show Steimer told officers she was delivering the marijuana to a friend in Michigan.
Steimer is married to Marc Steimer, the owner of Blazin OG, a licensed marijuana business in Denver. City documents say the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection made what it called a “reasonable inference” that the marijuana being transported across state lines likely originated from the Denver business.
That arrest notification triggered an inspection at the OG Medicinals property in northeast Denver.
“If we get notification that someone who has a state license to sell or operate in the marijuana industry, they are arrested, that can lead to the city to have to go out and do an inspection,” said Eric Escudero, a spokesperson for Denver’s Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection.
During that inspection, city inspectors reported finding 1,464 marijuana plants that were not properly tagged, spread across three separate flower rooms. Inspectors also cited additional violations, including improper signage and missing surveillance video footage.
“If an inspector goes into a marijuana cultivation or grow and they see plants growing over a certain size that don’t have tags on them, that is highly illegal, and it can lead to a marijuana cultivation business losing their license,” Escudero said. “Anytime there is a plant being grown, the state and the city wants to know what’s happening with that plant every step of the way.”
Escudero said license revocations are extremely rare in Denver’s marijuana industry.
“When you think about the marijuana industry in Denver, one thing people should know is that it is mostly compliant,” he said. “Looking at the historical numbers, we didn’t even have one single marijuana business license revoked last year, in 2025, so this is kind of a rare thing where we see a business get to a point where the city has no choice but to revoke a license.”
He said revocation is considered only after all other options are exhausted.
“We look at revoking a license as the absolute last resort when there’s no pathway to compliance or the accusations are so severe that the city is left with no choice but to revoke the license,” Escudero said.
Denver officially revoked the license on Jan. 8. According to the city, the business did not appear for its revocation hearing and has not filed any objections to the decision.
“Unfortunately, in this circumstance, this is where it got to a point where the city had to make the choice to revoke a license, and hopefully it’s the last time we’ll have to revoke a license for a very long time,” Escudero said.
The Blazin OG business now appears to be closed. Calls to the listed phone number were unsuccessful, and it is unclear whether the business plans to appeal the city’s ruling.
Eileen Steimer pleaded guilty to a felony tax stamp violation. She was sentenced on May 20, and fined $10,000.
