Too many families are in pain to wait for conclusive data to arrive. The burden should be on producers to prove their products are safe.
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What are the health impacts of high-potency THC? Colorado researchers looked at 452 studies to find out.
The “scoping review” was ordered by the state legislature in 2021 over concerns about how high-potency cannabis could be impacting public health in Colorado
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Opinion: The marijuana business is doing just fine without national banking legislation
What the industry should be seeking, instead, is basic protections for youth.
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Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Colorado law limiting the sale of medical marijuana concentrates
A 19-year-old medical marijuana patient has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new Colorado law limiting how much marijuana concentrate medical cannabis patients can buy, alleging the measure violates the state constitution. House Bill 1317, which passed the legislature with unanimous support from the state Senate and with the objections of only eight of […]
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Colorado lawmakers’ effort to curb illegal use of high-potency marijuana by teens is stoking privacy concerns
State lawmakers and medical marijuana patient advocates are concerned that a bill at the Colorado state Capitol to regulate cannabis concentrates, in part by tracking purchases, could compromise patient privacy. Colorado uses “seed-to-sale” software known as METRC to track cannabis production from the moment a seed is planted to when it’s harvested, turned into a […]
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Should states set pot policy by its potency? Some, including a Colorado lawmaker, say yes
By Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency. Under a law signed last month, New York will tax recreational marijuana based on its amount of THC, the main intoxicating chemical in cannabis. Illinois imposed a potency-related tax when […]
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Colorado has the highest teen vaping rate in the country. Why hasn’t it seen more cases of lung illness?
As a mysterious lung illness related to vaping sweeps across the nation, add one more mystery to the mix: Colorado, which has the highest youth vaping rate in the nation and also was one of the first states in the country with cannabis vaping products for sale in stores, hasn’t so far seen many documented […]
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Q&A: Jason Dunn, Colorado’s new top federal prosecutor, on marijuana, battling the opioid epidemic and how to stop violent crime
Colorado’s U.S. attorney holds one of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the state, overseeing the direction of the regional offices of the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. And that’s just to name a few. Jason Dunn, the latest person to hold the job, was appointed […]
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Colorado’s new U.S. attorney agrees with rescinding of Cole Memo, says “jury is still out” on enforcement around marijuana concentrates
Jason Dunn, Colorado’s new U.S. attorney, says he agrees with the Trump administration’s decision last year to rescind an Obama-era directive that largely took a hands-off approach to enforcement in states that legalized marijuana. The President Donald Trump appointee also said he’s also concerned about highly potent cannabis concentrates. “The jury is still out on […]