Making public policy is a very challenging undertaking. No matter what your position on any issue may be, no matter how right you think you are, there are always those supporting opposing positions who think they’re just as right. Everything… Read More ›
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Homeless Out Loud: Homeless Stoners Myth Busted
Straight from the homeless community. Homeless Stoners Myth Busted By Baby Boy Beuford Homeless Out Loud Dear Mr. Homeless Service Provider, Dear Mrs. Homless Shelter Director, and Dear Denver Post, Westword, CBS, 9news, and Fox News. Stop propagating the myth… Read More ›
Watch CPA and Rx MaryJane on Colorado State of Mind
Cannabis Patients Alliance Founder and Executive Director, Teri Robnett (Rx MaryJane), appeared on Rocky Mountain PBS Colorado State of Mind. She and Dr. Sam Kamin from the Sturms College of Law at Denver University joined host Cynthia Hessin to discuss the Colorado… Read More ›
Medical Marijuana Patients are NOT a bunch of fakers
I’m really tired of hearing about all the “fake patients” with medical marijuana licenses in Colorado. When recreational stores opened on January 1, 2014, some people believed that patients would happily leave their medical marijuana behind and switch to paying… Read More ›
Infographic: Effects of Marijuana on the U.S. Economy
This infographic compares the effects of tobacco use with those of marijuana use, including associated deaths and potential tax revenue. Sometimes you have to wonder why marijuana is banned when alcohol and tobacco seem to cause far more destruction. Is… Read More ›
Medical Marijuana Patients Need Access and Options
There’s a lot of debate about the best way for patients in Colorado to acquire the medicinal benefits of cannabis. Amendment 20 gave medical marijuana patients the right to grow their own medicine at home, and some people think that’s what… Read More ›
Permissible uses of money in the marijuana tax cash fund
We thought you might be curious about how the retail marijuana tax money is going to be spent. The money for school construction (up to $40 million) has already been taken out of the equation, as has the shareback to… Read More ›
2014 Colorado Cannabis Legislative Update
The 2014 legislative session is almost at an end and we’re still standing. Here’s a little update on where we are, in no particular order, moving into these final days. HB1122, a clean-up bill, defines “locked and enclosed” among other… Read More ›
DUID: Top NIDA researchers say concern for driving high is overblown
Even top researchers from NIDA agree that resources would be better spent on reducing driving under the influence of alcohol than marijuana. And yet, the leadership of Colorado is doing everything it can to discourage people from having a safer… Read More ›
CNBC Documentary: Marijuana in America | Colorado Pot Rush
A Tale of Two Cities While Greeley, Colorado, has a history of shunning vice, its next door neighbor, Garden City, is known for celebrating it. DOCUMENTARY Marijuana in America: Colorado Pot Rush When: Feb. 26, Wed., 10 pm, on CNBC… Read More ›