by Christine Tatum | Aug 31, 2016 | Marijuana, Public Policy
The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area has released its fourth report on the impact of marijuana on the state of Colorado. Problems associated with the drug continue trending in the wrong direction. The agency, also known as RMHIDTA, is part of a...
by Christine Tatum | Apr 28, 2016 | Marijuana, Public Policy
The City and County of Pueblo’s three largest healthcare providers are backing a ballot initiative to end commercial marijuana for recreational use. Among their physicians’ chilling findings: Half of all babies born at one hospital last month tested...
by Christine Tatum | Feb 1, 2016 | Marijuana
The U.S. Justice Department has failed to track marijuana’s impact on the nation and specific states where the drug has been sanctioned, according to a report examining marijuana law enforcement and released by the independent, nonpartisan Government...
by Christine Tatum | Dec 18, 2015 | Marijuana
Colorado now leads the nation in past-month, youth marijuana use — a dubious distinction the state has earned since voters sanctioned the drug for recreational use in 2012. The findings are based on a report issued this week and based on 2013 and 2014 National...
by Christine Tatum | Jun 16, 2015 | Marijuana, Research, Uncategorized
A new statewide study funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found that 13.6 percent of Colorado adults are regular users of marijuana — almost double the rate (7.4 percent) of the entire United States, according to recent Health and...