CDPHE Head Sits Down with Colorado Leads
Dr. Larry Wolk, executive director and chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, told a crowded room of Colorado Leads members that the state “has a pragmatic, objective and evidence-based approach to marijuana legalization.”
Wolk discussed a wide-range of issues surrounding the legal cannabis industry and dispelled a number of myths perpetuated by legalization opponents.
“Access doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in use,” he said. “There is a very low rate of marijuana-related ER and hospital visits (in Colorado). We shouldn’t make more out of it.”