Tag: Marijuana
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EDITORIAL: When our highways are paved with pot
Society once vilified marijuana. Later generations of hipsters laughed off the stigma. Now, mounting evidence has brought things full circle — vindicating the psychoactive drug’s original critics after all. Today’s high-potency pot — legalized for recreational use in Colorado in 2012 and in over two dozen other states since then — is leaving a trail…
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Former Weld County girls basketball coach convicted of sexually assaulting players
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Weld County jury convicted a former girl’s basketball coach Friday on charges related to sexually assaults on three of his players over the course of a decade. George Sagner, 33, was found guilty of several charges including three counts of sexual assault on a…
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Rocky Mountain scientific survey reveals young adults have highest psychedelic substance use
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A report presented on Tuesday during the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety’s annual scientific meeting showed that young adults have the highest use of psychedelic substances of any age demographic. Nearly 8% of the adults who reported using at least one psychedelic substance in…
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Denver-based documentary aims to raise awareness of ‘cannabis-induced psychosis’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Samuel Yeager began consuming marijuana after he turned 15. At only 23, he was dead — killed in an armed standoff with authorities. Yeager was dropped off alongside Interstate 25 during what his family described as a marijuana-induced psychotic episode before a Douglas County deputy shot…
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Denver teacher accused of giving marijuana brownies to middle schoolers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver middle school teacher is facing allegations that she gave marijuana-infused brownies to two boys who won a writing contest in her classroom last year. The teacher, who 9News is not identifying at this time, taught language arts at Kepner Beacon Middle School. She faces two…
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The Colorado School of Public Health starts new youth THC awareness campaign
The Colorado School of Public Health and creative collaborator Initium Health started an awareness campaign about the risks of potent cannabis with youth and parents. The first-of-its-kind public awareness campaign, “The Tea on THC” looks to educate Coloradans on the “often-overlooked” health risks of high-concentration cannabis, according to a news release from ColoradoSPH. The campaign…
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Denver urges DOJ to reclassify cannabis, calling it ‘essential’ for local industry
As the Biden administration looks to reclassify marijuana to a lower-tier drug, the city of Denver put in its two cents as the first major U.S. city to allow legal recreational use in support of the federal process. On Wednesday, city officials sent a public comment to the Department of Justice urging officials to change…
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Denver’s historic Creswell Mansion — recently known as the ‘Marijuana Mansion’ — closes sale
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Known for years as the “Marijuana Mansion,” the historic Creswell Mansion located at 1244 Grant Street in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is facing a new rub of the green. It’s been sold to a new owner after several months on the commercial real estate market. …
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Colorado cannabis industry cheers fed move, but opponents concerned
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado cannabis industry supporters, including Gov. Jared Polis, applauded the news on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice will recommend that the drug be reclassified. But opponents expressed concern the move would make marijuana more readily available to children, and that potency of the…
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CDOT warns potential dangers of driving under the influence ahead of 420 weekend
The Colorado Department of Transportation warned drivers about the potential dangers — both physically and legally — of driving under the influence of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta 9 THC) from cannabis ahead of April 20, the unofficial holiday celebrated by marijuana supporters. “Although the number of people who report driving after using cannabis is down, in 2022 there…