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Marijuana in Denver’s Poorest Neighborhoods

  • May 31, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Legislation News, Marijuana News

While we, as the Smart Colorado leadership team, do our best to lobby for legislation to help limit the number of dispensaries allowed and their proximity to school zones, there are still 210 stores that sell medical or recreational marijuana (or both) i... read more

New Statewide Research: CO Teens & Marijuana

  • June 29, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Marijuana News, Press Statements, Youth Health Impacts

New statewide research: Colorado teens see marijuana as less risky & use remains high June 20, 2016 Fewer Colorado high school students view regular marijuana use as risky behavior, according to the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS), which was relea... read more

“Backlash is growing” against pot commercialization in Colorado

  • July 25, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Marijuana News, Press Interviews

Fortune magazine reports in its latest edition that a “backlash is growing” against mass commercialization of marijuana in Colorado. It highlights Smart Colorado’s efforts to protect the state’s kids. Fortune reports: “Now, as citizen groups att... read more

Dabs with a flat iron…

  • July 25, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Marijuana Concentrates

Dabs – a highly concentrated form of THC administered all at once for a quick high. Dabs can be, at a minimum, 4x stronger than a joint and can result in puking, extreme coughing fits, and psychosis… symptoms that even long-time weed smokers h... read more

All marijuana is not the same.

  • August 15, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Legislation News, Marijuana Concentrates, Marijuana News, Press Interviews, THC Potency

In this CNN forum aired August 3rd 2016, Smart Colorado’s Diane Carlson engages Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson on the difference between low- to no-THC medical treatments and Colorado’s extremely high-potency pot. (starts at 29:50)

The Truth About Pot Taxes

  • August 15, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Legislation News, Marijuana News

It turns out that recreational marijuana taxes aren’t the panacea for Colorado’s budget challenges, writes economist for Colorado Fiscal Institute in The Denver Post. In fact, much of the revenue is spent on addressing issues caused by marijuana legal... read more

September 2016 Newsletter

  • September 6, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Legislation News, Marijuana News, Newsletters

Colorado teens tell legislature about pot’s impact Testimony like that, from a Boulder high school student, sent a sobering message in August to a legislative committee exploring the costs and benefits of legalized marijuana in Colorado. Other high scho... read more

Lessons Learned The Hard Way

  • September 28, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Issues in Education, Legislation News, Marijuana News, Press Statements, Resources, THC Potency, Youth Health Impacts

The official Smart CO policy brief on how other states can benefit from Colorado’s marijuana experiment.

Lessons Learned Press Statement

  • October 6, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Press Interviews, Press Statements

Contact: Henny Lasley, Executive Director, Smart Colorado info@smartcolorado.org Colorado’s marijuana experiment offers lessons for states with pot ballot issues Smart Colorado works to protect youth from growing commercialization, potency DENVER – Th... read more

October 2016 Newsletter

  • October 17, 2016
  • SmartColorado
  • Legislation News, Marijuana News, Newsletters, Resources

Group forms to oppose marijuana use in Denver bars, restaurants A Denver ballot issue that could allow marijuana use in bars and restaurants is being opposed by a new group called Protect Denver’s Atmosphere: Vote No on 300 Committee. Under initiated or... read more

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