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Colorado Scrambles to Enforce Mandatory Testing

  • August 4, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Marijuana Edibles, Marijuana News

Colorado scrambles to put some kind of mandatory testing in place but it will take time and accuracy will remain an issue. Unfortunately, “homogeneity” which is required in other products will not be addressed which means THC content (marijuana’s ma... read more

Marijuana in the Classroom

  • August 4, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Marijuana Concentrates, Marijuana News

Marijuana vapor pens are growing in popularity with students in Colorado schools. Discreet and easy to use, school officials are realizing students are using the vapor pens to get high, not only on school grounds, but actually in the classrooms. Students ... read more

7 People Injured in Drugged Driving Incident

  • August 5, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Marijuana News, Marijuana Safety and Driving

As commercialized recreational marijuana becomes more prolific so will the number of drugged driving incidences. Unfortunately this happened recently when a young woman crashed her car into another vehicle after “smoking a bowl.” This crash re... read more

MJ Tax Revenues Lower Than Promised

  • August 5, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Legislation News, Marijuana News

Revenues from marijuana tax revenues are not the boon for our schools that were promised. To date, the program to fund Colorado public school capital construction (known as “Building Excellent Schools Today or BEST) has only received $1.1 million from m... read more

Office of National Drug Policy Responds to NYTimes

  • August 5, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Issues in Education, Legislation News, Marijuana News

The Office of National Drug Control Policy will not heed the New York Times’ advice on Federal legalization of marijuana. The ONDCP stated, “Any discussion on the issue of (marijuana policy) should be guided by science and evidence, not ideology and w... read more

THC Poisoning at Denver County Fair

  • August 6, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Marijuana Edibles, Marijuana News, Youth Health Impacts

Even the industry can’t tell the difference. At the Denver County Fair three people unknowingly ingested marijuana edibles given to them by a medical marijuana dispensary. Two were hospitalized and tested positive for THC after taking candy samples ... read more

2 Deaths Linked Directly to Smoking Cannabis

  • August 6, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Marijuana News, Marijuana Safety and Driving, Youth Health Impacts

Two deaths in Germany were linked directly to smoking cannabis which triggered cardiovascular complications in the young men (both in their 20s). The researchers go on to explain that cardiotoxic effects have been noted with marijuana use and thus urge ca... read more

Marijuana, Meet Commercialization.

  • August 6, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Marijuana News

Entrepreneurship is on the rise with the marijuana market. A new company called “Eaze” is offering a quick, no hassle “automated connection” for medical marijuana patients. The company, much like popular for-hire driving companies,... read more

CO Marijuana- a Huge Headache for Neighboring States

  • August 6, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Legislation News, Marijuana News

With the rise of marijuana commercialization in Colorado, surrounding states are beginning to feel the influx in marijuana trafficking. Sedgwick, Colorado, a mere 20 minutes from the Nebraska border, serves as the home to a recreational marijuana shop alm... read more

New Study of Regular MJ use has disturbing results

  • August 14, 2014
  • SmartColorado
  • Featured, Marijuana News, Youth Health Impacts

A recent study of regular marijuana use (considered merely once a week) on the teenage brain displays disturbing results. This frequency of use alone literally changes the structure of an adolescent’s brain, setting them back when it comes to cognit... read more

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