Tag: Cannabis Products
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CDOT warns drivers of higher impairment at higher altitudes
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Colorado ski resorts are expected to see a significant rise in visitors over the next few weeks while schools let out for the spring, and the Colorado Department of Transportation is warning those visitors about high elevations. “Even moderate consumption of cannabis or alcohol can lead to a stronger impact than expected,” the department said…
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Is Colorado cannabis safe? Testing for potency, contaminants riddled with loopholes
Elizabeth and Luke Mason, scientists who met during graduate studies at Colorado State University, saw cannabis legalization in 2012 as an opportunity. With backgrounds in biochemistry, microbiology, and analytical chemistry, they launched Aurum Labs in Durango in 2014, believing they could build a successful business while setting a standard for scientific rigor. As state regulators…
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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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New hurdles in obtaining medical marijuana reignite policy debate
Julie Richardson moved to Colorado from Louisiana in 2015, specifically to get the quality of cannabis-derived medicines available here — which were illegal or too expensive back home. Now Richardson, who suffered a spinal injury when she was six months old and who has gone through repeated reconstructive surgeries and a cancer battle, thinks she…