A study released Tuesday by the University of Colorado Denver indicates that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces alcohol consumption and, as a result, alcohol-related traffic deaths without a corresponding increase in deaths caused by stoned drivers.
As advocates of legalizing marijuana in Colorado kick off a campaign to begin gathering signatures today with a press conference in front of the City and County Building, the UK’s Daily Mail publishes a major photo essay on medical marijuana in Denver.
Although California’s Proposition 19 failed to pass this election, supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado have already started campaigning for the 2012 election cycle. A Legalize2012 kickoff event spearheaded by the Cannabis Therapy Institute took place…
A proposal to make marijuana the lowest enforcement priority in Denver has leaped over its first major hurdle.
Proponents submitted approximately 10,500 petition signatures in June, more than double the number needed to put the initiative up for…
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Update: See SAFER Case Dismissed, But May Continue.
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), the group campaigning to make a small amount of pot legal for adults 21 years and older in Colorado, filed a lawsuit today…
Beverly Kinard has been battling drugs for over a decade.
She was president of the Christian Drug Education Center [1], the director of Drug Watch Colorado, and an “international delegate” for Drug Watch International.
And now, she’s an…
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent did not send an e-mail requesting assistance to defeat a Colorado ballot initiative, says a Denver agency spokesman. Instead, it was all part of an elaborate mix up, first reported in the Boulder Daily…
What’s up with the DEA?
First, it was reported that a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent had sent out an e-mail seeking a campaign manager to defeat a Colorado ballot issue that would make up to an ounce…
Usually, federal drug agents make the news by arresting people. On the DEA’s website, there are many pictures of disheveled captives wearing handcuffs, who are thought to be involved with things like a narcotics “conspiracy” or a drug “kingpin.”…
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