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Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: A failure to enforce

by Luke Niforatos 1:30 AM MDT on Sep 21, 20235:14 PM MDT on Sep 20, 2023

An audit of the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division discovers significant lapses of oversight.

Posted inCrime and Courts

Kansas Highway Patrol’s “two-step” traffic stop tactic tramples rights, federal judge rules in case filed by motorists coming from Colorado

Associated Press logo by The Associated Press 4:31 PM MDT on Jul 21, 20239:32 AM MDT on Jul 23, 2023

The ruling came in response to ACLU lawsuits filed on behalf of three motorists and two passengers traveling in 2017, 2018 and 2019 from neighboring Colorado

Posted inHealth, News

What are the health impacts of high-potency THC? Colorado researchers looked at 452 studies to find out.

by John Ingold 3:19 AM MDT on May 9, 202311:12 AM MDT on May 9, 2023

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

Posted inBusiness, News

Ganja glut? With excess cannabis, growers seek interstate sales

Associated Press logo by The Associated Press 3:02 AM MDT on Apr 22, 20239:10 PM MDT on Apr 20, 2023

Twenty-one states have now legalized the recreational use of cannabis by adults

Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government

A new study on marijuana legalization in Colorado answers the question: Has legal pot made other drug problems worse?

by John Ingold 3:55 AM MST on Jan 31, 20238:56 PM MST on Jan 30, 2023

A study by researchers at the University of Colorado and the University of Minnesota uses long-term data on twins to assess the impacts of cannabis legalization

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Denver needs a steady funding stream to build tiny homes for homeless residents

by Corey M. Jacinto 1:30 AM MST on Dec 2, 20225:43 PM MST on Dec 1, 2022

The City Council has endorsed the concept of tiny-home villages, which have a good track record. What it needs is the money to scale up.

Posted inBusiness, Health, News, Politics and Government

What have we learned about the arguments for and against legalized marijuana in the past 10 years?

by John Ingold 3:23 AM MST on Nov 8, 20223:54 PM MST on Nov 9, 2022

As we look back on a decade since Colorado’s landmark vote on legalized cannabis, we assess how arguments from both sides of the debate have borne out

Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government

Marijuana legalization in Colorado is 10 years old. Here’s the story of how it happened.

by John Ingold 3:58 AM MST on Nov 7, 20223:59 PM MST on Nov 7, 2022

An oral history of Colorado’s unprecedented approval of Amendment 64, told by the people who fought for — and against — it

Posted inPolitics and Government

Proposition 122: Colorado voters will decide whether to legalize the possession and use of magic mushrooms

by Jennifer Brown 4:15 AM MDT on Oct 14, 20221:35 PM MDT on Oct 17, 2022

The measure would allow for the creation of natural medicine healing centers where people could use psychedelic mushrooms. There are some unexpected critics.

Posted inBusiness, Health, News

Did marijuana legalization lead to increased use in Colorado? A new study has a novel answer.

by John Ingold 4:06 AM MDT on Sep 15, 20229:07 PM MDT on Sep 14, 2022

The study, by a former University of Colorado graduate student, looked at data on twins to answer a longstanding question

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