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Apr 25, 2024 · Colorado was the first state to initiate state-licensed retail sales of cannabis products. According to statewide polling data compiled by the Colorado Polling Institute, 67 percent of voters say that “allowing the regulation of marijuana” is a “good thing.”
Oct 12, 2023 · COLORADO, USA — In August of this year, Colorado reached a total of over $15 billion in marijuana sales since it was legalized, the Colorado Department of Revenue said Wednesday.
- Legalization Increases Use, But Not Necessarily Problems
- With Some Groups, Health Risks Are Realprofessor Angela Bryan
- Health Benefits Are Measurable
- Less May Be More
- Cannabis Users Are Not Couch Potatoesassistant Professor Brian Keegan
- Labels Don’T Mean Much
Residents of states where cannabis has been legalized use marijuana 24% more frequently than those living in states where it remains illegal, according to CU research published in August in the journal Addiction. The study of more than 3,400 adult twins constitutes some of the strongest evidence yet that legalization causes increased use. But preli...
Cannabis use is not without risk, particularly for adolescents and young adults. “I think we can confidently say that using heavily when your brain is still developing is a bad idea,” said Bryan. Research from Tiffany Ito, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, has shown that college students tend to drink more alcoholwhen using marijuana, a c...
Using a fleet of Dodge Sprinter vans, which they refer to as their mobile laboratories, Bryan and her colleagues have spent the past several years studying how commercially available cannabis products influence human health. They drive to the house of a study participant, take measurements in the van before and after they consume a THC-infused gumm...
Research out of the labhas also found that while smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates increases blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, it doesn’t necessarily get recreational users higher and may put them at greater risk of long-term adverse side effects. The authors theorize that cannabinoid receptors in t...
Surprisingly, Bryan’s lab has also found that the myth of the bong-smoking, Dorito-munching couch potato does not bear out in the research. In fact, the opposite may be true. “The epidemiological data are pretty clear: Cannabis users have a lower body mass index, better waist-to-hip-ratio and are more likely to meet exercise recommendations than no...
Keegan applies data science tools to glean what’s actually in commercially available products today and learn more about how an industry that spent decades underground is adapting and evolving now that it’s above-board. In one recent study, he and his collaborators found that labels like indica, sativa and hybrid — long used to distinguish one cate...
May 21, 2021 · DENVER (AP) — Colorado residents can now legally possess up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of cannabis after a bill was signed into law doubling the possession limit for adults 21 and older.
Jun 10, 2021 · DENVER (AP) — A group of 21 people accused of illegally growing and distributing marijuana in Colorado has been indicted in an alleged money-laundering scheme, county and federal officials said Thursday.
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SB 23-271 Intoxicating Cannabinoid Hemp and Marijuana - Authorized the State Licensing Authority to promulgate rules allowing or prohibiting chemical modification, conversion, or synthetic derivation of cannabinoids.
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Aug 9, 2023 · The state agency in charge of making sure marijuana dispensaries aren't selling to kids isn't doing its job, according to a new state audit. A parent group pushed for the audit after learning...
