Items tagged with colorado
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A decade after legalizing cannabis in Colorado, here's what we've learned [07.11.2022] | Ten years ago this week, Colorado voters approved Amendment 64, making the state among the first two in the nation (along with Washington) to legaliz ... |
A founding father of legal pot in Colorado reveals regrets [09.04.2021] | I helped write Amendment 64, litigated numerous cases before and after 64 to make it a reality, and also helped design implementing regulations at th ... |
To make cannabis green, we need to grow it outdoors [10.03.2021] | Cannabis may look green, but the environmental metaphor mostly stops there. Virginia—the latest state to approach full legalization—and the 46 others ... |
Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its coal mines [08.03.2021] | Legal cannabis production in Colorado emits more greenhouse gases than the state’s coal mining industry, researchers analysing the sector’s energy us ... |
Where recreational marijuana is legal, data show minimal impacts on teen use and traffic deaths [22.10.2020] | Since 2012, 11 states have legalized marijuana use for adults — which voters nationwide are considering on their ballots this year. Researchers are j ... |
Colorado governor to mass-pardon 2,700-plus marijuana convictions [01.10.2020] | Colorado Gov. Jared Polis plans to mass-pardon 2,732 convictions of low-level marijuana possession through an executive order after signing a bill ea ... |
Years after legalizing marijuana, voters see it as a huge success [20.05.2020] | Residents in nine of the 11 states that have legalized the adult use of cannabis have no regrets about ending prohibition. In fact, according to a ne ... |
Reefer Madness or Pot Paradise? The surprising legacy of the place where legal weed began [30.06.2019] | Colorado’s first-in-the-nation experiment has reshaped health, politics, rural culture and criminal justice in surprising ways that often defy both t ... |
Denver voters approve measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms [08.05.2019] | Voters in Denver, Colorado, made their city the first in the U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms by approving a ballot measure on the issue. ... |
Colorado lawmakers taking second crack at bill that would allow publicly traded marijuana companies [04.03.2019] | A bill that opens the door for out-of-state investors and private equity firms to wade into Colorado’s regulated marijuana business waters passed its ... |
Now for the hard part: Getting Californians to buy legal weed [02.01.2019] | A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of ... |
Marijuana is getting cheaper. For Colorado and some states, that’s a problem [21.11.2018] | Wholesale marijuana prices in Colorado have fallen by a third in just the past 12 months, continuing a price crash that began soon after the drug was ... |
Weed woes: Canada struggles to meet huge demand for legal cannabis [04.11.2018] | Two weeks after Canada became the first G20 country to legalize cannabis amid much fanfare, numerous stores – both physical and digital – are struggl ... |
Does legal weed make police more effective? [18.07.2018] | Marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state has “produced some demonstrable and persistent benefit” to police departments' ability to sol ... |
INCB should exert caution in presenting data on cannabis regulation [06.05.2018] | At the recent 63rd Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organisation of American States, the International Narc ... |
Marijuana doomsday didn't come [19.12.2017] | It's been a five years since Colorado's voters approved Constitutional Amendment 64, legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Sales commenced ... |
Following marijuana legalization, teen drug use is down in Colorado [11.12.2017] | Following legalization, the rate of adolescent marijuana use in Colorado has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade, according to new federal ... |
The price of cannabis is falling, suggesting a supply glut [16.11.2017] | In the US cannabis operations, now legitimate in many states, are forbidden from the usual business deductions and face crippling tax bills of as muc ... |
New data continues to support the idea that legal cannabis access leads to fewer opioid-related deaths [17.10.2017] | A recent study reflects a growing body of information that suggests that cannabis access contributes to a reduction in opioid-related deaths. Researc ... |
In Uruguay’s marijuana experiment, the government is your pot dealer [07.07.2017] | In coming weeks, cannabis-seeking citizens in Uruguay will be able to walk into a pharmacy and buy government-approved marijuana for the state-mandat ... |
Federal bills from Colorado legislators seek to shield state marijuana laws, open banking [18.05.2017] | Colorado federal lawmakers amplified efforts to protect state-enacted marijuana laws and cannabis businesses supporting banking legislation for the m ... |
Let’s learn from the mistakes of drug reform pioneers [02.05.2017] | Countries around the world are moving towards a legally regulated cannabis market. But what can we learn from them about the implications of cannabis ... |
Early marijuana sales ‘unbelievably high’ after legalization: U.S. consultant [30.04.2017] | A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada’s eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect “unbeli ... |
Marijuana health trends mostly positive but still bear watching [01.02.2017] | Marijuana-related emergency room visits dropped, accidental poisonings are down and recreational marijuana failed to bring a much-feared spike in ado ... |
After legalization, teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado [21.12.2016] | Teen marijuana use fell sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state's recreational marijuana market, new federal ... |
The trend toward legalizing recreational marijuana [04.11.2016] | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she plans to vote in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in California. "I will vote for it, but ... |
'Commercialization won out': will legal marijuana be the next big tobacco? [30.10.2016] | Candi CdeBaca voted to legalize the free sale of marijuana in Colorado four years ago because she thought it would be good for her Denver neighborhoo ... |
To better understand pot, Ottawa should look to Colorado [02.07.2016] | Not being first has its advantages when it comes to social policy reforms. The State of Colorado has compiled a deep trove of useful data when it com ... |
Teen marijuana use in Colorado found lower than national average [19.06.2016] | Marijuana consumption by Colorado high school students has dipped slightly since the state first permitted recreational cannabis use by adults, a new ... |
Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist ... |
The failed promise of legal pot [08.05.2016] | The risk is that, by itself, legalizing marijuana possession does not change the black market and that, even as legalization spreads, young black men ... |
Study: Pot-related visits to Colorado ERs higher for out-of-state visitors [24.02.2016] | Marijuana-related emergency room visits in Colorado have increased at a higher rate for out-of-state guests than for residents since cannabis was leg ... |
Marijuana legalization unlikely to blame for Denver crime increase [17.02.2016] | Marijuana policy experts and Colorado officials urge caution when trying to grade legalization’s impacts. But there is one thing that legalization su ... |
Who exactly is behind the lawsuits over Colorado's legal marijuana? [16.01.2016] | Three of the four marijuana-centered lawsuits filed against Colorado officials and businesses were organized and at least partially funded by out-of- ... |
Colorado's largest pot grower sued by two consumers over pesticide use [04.10.2015] | A pair of marijuana users in Colorado — one of them a medical-card holder with a brain tumor — have sued the state's largest pot grower for allegedly ... |
Cannabis regulation in Colorado [30.09.2015] | The core argument made by opponents of legal regulation is that any regulated market for cannabis would inevitably fuel a significant rise in use and ... |
Colorado's marijuana tax revenues nearly double last year's figures [20.09.2015] | Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections ... |
Pioneer pot states have collected more than $200 million in marijuana taxes [25.08.2015] | The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana have collectively raked in at least $200 million in marijuana tax revenue, according to the l ... |
Obama asked to weigh in on legal marijuana [04.05.2015] | The US Supreme Court has asked President Barack Obama's administration to take a stance on legal marijuana as it considers a lawsuit seeking to ban C ... |
Improving global drug policy: Comparative perspectives and UNGASS 2016 [28.04.2015] | As the world prepares for the 2016 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 2016), an increasing numb ... |
Big need for marijuana banking, yet Congress has ‘no appetite’ to fix issue [03.04.2015] | Congress doesn’t have the appetite to deal with the conflict between federal and state laws that has caused a banking crisis for the burgeoning marij ... |
Two headlines perfectly sum up everything wrong with American drug policy [02.03.2015] | Two stories published last week perfectly sum up the state of American drug policy. On Friday, Colorado released its first annual report on the state ... |
The war on drugs is burning out [07.01.2015] | The conservative wave of 2014 featured an unlikely, progressive undercurrent: In two states, plus the nation's capital, Americans voted convincingly ... |
Medical marijuana a challenge for legal pot states [02.01.2015] | A year into the experiments with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference ma ... |
Poll: One year of legalized pot hasn't changed Coloradans' minds [27.12.2014] | A year of legalized recreational marijuana hasn't changed many Coloradans' minds on the groundbreaking shift — though more than one-third say the sta ... |
The year in drug policy: Movement at a crossroads [26.12.2014] | The 43-year-old war on drugs had never seen such a barrage of opposition as it did in 2014, with successful marijuana legalization initiatives in sev ... |
After pot legalization, focusing on a new kind of black market [25.12.2014] | The black market for marijuana in Colorado isn't what it used to be. Nine or 10 years ago, the narrative of illicit cannabis in the state focused on ... |
Marijuana use increases in Colorado, according to new federal survey [25.12.2014] | As marijuana legalization took hold in Colorado, the percentage of regular cannabis users in the state jumped to the second-highest level in the US. ... |
Lawsuit over Colorado marijuana legalization takes rare legal path [21.12.2014] | In suing to stop marijuana legalization in Colorado, two neighboring states have embarked down an arcane legal pathway that could take years to reach ... |
Nebraska and Oklahoma sue Colorado over marijuana law [17.12.2014] | Nebraska and Oklahoma filed the first major court challenge to marijuana legalization, saying that Colorado’s growing array of state-regulated recrea ... |
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