An audit of the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division discovers significant lapses of oversight.
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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
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.
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
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?
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
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?
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.
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
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.
The study, by a former University of Colorado graduate student, looked at data on twins to answer a longstanding question