Tag: Pot
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EDITORIAL: Polis’ impaired judgment on pot
We’ve tried reasoning with Gov. Jared Polis about his almost-giddy infatuation with retail marijuana and its purported benefits to our state. So far, our efforts have been futile. Oblivious to the demonstrable harm high-potency THC products have done to Colorado — particularly its youth — Polis glibly continues to peddle utter nonsense on the subject.…
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EDITORIAL: Polis, too, misses the point on rescheduling pot
It wasn’t surprising but still was deeply troubling that the Trump administration decided this week to move toward “rescheduling” marijuana under federal law — i.e., downgrading the federal government’s assessment of pot’s peril to the country. Though the president had been signaling his intention to make the move for some time, it nevertheless came as…
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GUEST COLUMN: Heed Colorado’s mistakes; don’t ‘reschedule’ pot
By Caroline Jordan When Coloradans voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012 with Amendment 64, I was 14 years old. As a freshman in high school, I was among the first generation of teens to experience the reality of legal weed. It put Colorado on the map as the place where Americans came to get…
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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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Colorado’s cannabis industry changing to accommodate less sales, demand
President of Veritas Fine Cannabis, Jonathan Spadafora, talks about how his company and others in Colorado’s marijuana industry are dealing with a $400 million decline in revenue between October 2021 and October 2022. Other states legalizing recreational pot, the return to office for many workers and other factors have contributed to the losses for the…
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CU study shows pot use increases in states where marijuana is legal
Legalizing pot leads to increased marijuana use, according to a new study from the University Colorado Boulder and the University of Minnesota. The study, published Thursday in the journal Addiction, showed that marijuana use rose nearly 25% in states where recreational marijuana is legal compared to states where it is banned. Researchers wanted to find…