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Colorado road conditions: Heavy snow freezes traffic across Colorado, CDOT barring trailers from I-70 in mountains
A winter storm could stifle travel across Colorado today and Saturday, closing roadways and threatening to make driving difficult or impossible on segments of interstates 25 and 70. Colorado’s Department of Transportation warned that travel conditions could become “extreme to impossible” Friday and Saturday, expressing particular concern about I-70 east of Denver and I-25 south […]
Interstate 70 closed between Parachute, Rifle for brush fire
Related Articles Interstate 70 is closed in both directions between Parachute and Rifle for a brush fire, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Fire crews were responding to a brush fire near Rulison at approximately 3:43 p.m., the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on Facebook. The highway is closed between exit […]
Many daily cannabis users believe it’s safe to drive under the influence, CDOT study says
Many Coloradans who use cannabis daily believe it is safe to drive under the influence and say they would like to see empirical evidence that proves otherwise before changing their behavior.
Why cannabis sponsors the cleanup of more Colorado highway miles than any other industry
Currently, 51 cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, manufacturers and edible producers sponsor roadways throughout the state.
Colorado wants to know why some marijuana users choose to drive while stoned
The Colorado Department of Transportation has created an online survey called The Cannabis Conversation to find out why some marijuana users decided to drive while high.
Efforts to curtail marijuana-impaired driving collide with evolving attitudes, medicinal use
Promoting cannabis as a safer alternative to alcohol was a tenet of the marijuana legalization movements in Colorado and other states. Early data indicate that attitude continues when people get behind the wheel.