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Summit County has the highest rate of marijuana-related ER visits in Colorado
“You have people coming to Colorado and they’re at high altitude and they use marijuana and they’re not sure what to expect and they end up in the emergency room.”
Colorado sold $1.3 billion worth of marijuana in 2016
In 2016, Colorado’s dispensaries bagged $1.3 billion in recreational and medical cannabis sales. To compare, Year One of the recreational era totaled $699.2 million and Year Two jumped up to $996.2 million. The trend should continue in Year Four, but beyond that? It’s a murkier proposition.
Colorado puts new focus on worker safety in cannabis industry
For the first time, Colorado health officials have issued a set of guiding principles for marijuana businesses to address occupational health and hazards.
Parker latest community to impose 12-plant limit per household on pot grows
Parker this week became the latest Colorado community to place a cap on the number of pot plants that can be cultivated at a residence, a move town officials said is necessary to reduce odor complaints and ensure grows do not cause electrical overloads and dangerous chemical storage.
DEA pulls certificates for two Colorado doctors in medical marijuana controversy
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has pulled the medicine-prescribing certificates of two Colorado doctors, after those physicians had their state licenses suspended in Colorado over medical marijuana recommendations.
Richard Kirk, accused in Observatory Park slaying of his wife, pleads guilty to second-degree murder
Richard Kirk pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Kristine, in April 2014 at their Observatory Park home.
Colorado on marijuana: ER visits, poison-control calls down even as consumption rates remain steady
Colorado’s Retail Marijuana Public Health Advisory Committee says calls to poison control and marijuana-related emergency room visits are down, even though overall consumption of pot remains steady — signs that existing policy and education efforts may be working.
Glenwood Springs pot tax votes could reopen detox center talks
Glenwood Springs voters will decide two city marijuana tax questions in the April 4 municipal election. And, although no decisions have been made about how the hundreds of thousands of dollars in anticipated new tax revenues would be spent if voters approve the measures, it could reopen talks about establishing a detox center in Glenwood Springs or elsewhere in the region.
Fewer travelers came to Colorado in 2016, tourism office blames waning interest in legal weed
Fewer tourists visited Colorado in 2016 and researchers say it’s because the novelty of legal marijuana is waning. Those who did visit in 2016 spent more, though.
DEA, El Paso County authorities serve warrants targeting illegal indoor marijuana grows
Federal agents teamed up with authorities in El Paso County on Monday morning to serve several warrants and make arrests in connection with an out-of-state organization suspected of illegally growing marijuana east of Colorado Springs.