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Colorado Black Market Thriving Thanks to Legal Weed

Colorado Black Market Thriving Thanks to Legal Weed

Dozens of homes searched in raid on black-market market marijuana operation 9News.com Author: Nicole Vap, Sonia Gutierrez 10/10/2018 State, federal and local agents served search warrants on dozens of homes as part of an ongoing investigation into black-market...

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Marijuana worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds

Marijuana worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds

Published at NBC News  Written by Shamard Charles, M.D., October 3, 2018 Teen brains are more vulnerable to the effects of marijuana than alcohol, a new study finds. Adolescents who begin using marijuana regularly may suffer lasting repercussions in their thinking...

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Teen Use Up in Deerfield & Highland Schools

Teen Use Up in Deerfield & Highland Schools

Written by Karen Berkowitz, Pioneer Press Nearly one-half of seniors at Deerfield High School acknowledged having used marijuana at least once in the past 30 days when responding to a survey question last spring. Among seniors in the Deerfield Class of 2018, 48...

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Legalization in Colorado Proves to be a Train Wreck

Legalization in Colorado Proves to be a Train Wreck

The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) puts out a comprehensive analysis of the impact legalization has had in Colorado each year since 2013. If you don't have time to read the entire 173 page analysis, please read the executive summary....

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The Devastating Environmental Impact of Marijuana

The Devastating Environmental Impact of Marijuana

California's ill-conceived marijuana program has inflicted irreparable environmental, wildlife, human and economic harm. Under the guise of medicine, at the end of 2017, California was producing 8 times more pot than is consumed within the state. Chemical poisons in...

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Rocky Mountain High Brings State to New Low

There’s a reason major medical associations, law enforcement and drug treatment agencies and many others, have voiced concern and opposition to legalizing today’s high potency marijuana for recreational use. States that have legalized pot are now facing the impact...

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