Denver crime rate up almost 7 percent
Overall crime in the City and County of Denver has increased nearly 7 percent in the first six months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to new analyses of Colorado crime data. The numbers, released by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug...
Obama on marijuana: where’s the full story?
News coverage about marijuana legalization is fairly predictable. If there’s even a toehold to support driving this addictive substance into the country, count on splashy headlines. Today’s breathless summaries of President Barack Obama’s remarks on...
Monitoring the Future suggests danger ahead
Monitoring the Future, the only nationally representative survey of American students that examines their drug-use patterns and attitudes, is reporting today: Marijuana is the most popular illicit drug, with one-third of high school seniors reporting they smoked it in...
Our time with pot will tell
Today, United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced our nation’s Department of Justice is taking a “trust-but-verify” approach to marijuana that allows the states of Colorado and Washington to proceed with tax-and-licensing schemes for retail...Read the book
Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. This book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction.
