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Legal marijuana is helping to solve hallway and classroom conflicts in Colorado’s public schools. That’s according to Allison Horton, a teacher at Denver’s Skinner Middle School, which is among 71 schools across the state that got money last years from the Colorado Department of Education’s Bullying Prevention Grant program. The program was created in 2016 after voters approved spending marijuana tax dollars on school construction and other efforts aimed at improving school health and safety.
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One of the reasons Colorado has managed to avoid a rise in teen marijuana use post-legalization has to do with aggressive, realistic and age-appropriate education campaigns launched on both the state and local levels. Colorado Public Radio takes a look at one of the efforts, the “Healthy Lifestyles 101” class being offered during summer programs in Denver public schools.
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Why Colorado needs to legalize cannabis delivery
A veteran who works with many disabled and terminally ill vets explains why he supports efforts to make marijuana delivery legal. And no, it’s not about being able to get pot with your pizza.
Colorado Gazette backpedals on black market report
Earlier this year, the newspaper reported the black market for marijuana had dramatically expanded in Colorado since adult-use was legalized. Its newest report admits that isn’t really true because there isn’t a central, comprehensive data collection mechanism in place to track the black market. As the Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Patricia Billinger said:
“We did not have a definitive measurement of the black market prior to legalization and do not have a definitive measurement today, so at best we can say with certainty that the percent of black market activity in Colorado has gone down.”
Cannabis Tax Money Funding Local Projects
The Denver Parks and Recreation department is receiving four million dollars in funding to get “projects done that would not have been done before,” said Scott Gilmore, Denver’s Executive Director of Parks and Planning.
Education
Responsibility Grows Here,” the new public education effort launched by the state health department this week, will include four targeted campaigns addressing consumers, youth, trusted adults, and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Jefferson University seeking 100,000 medical marijuana patients.
The Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University is working to build the world’s largest database of medical cannabis users to provide evidence-based resources for patients and caregivers.
For the record
The Motley Fool compiles “7 Jaw-Dropping Marijuana Statistics You Have to See to Believe.”
In The News
Colorado Springs may reconsider ban on recreational pot
Some in Colorado Springs are rethinking the city’s ban on recreational marijuana sales as cash flows to neighbors.
http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/12/19/colorado-springs-marijuana-laws/94915/
Dream scholarship?
It may sound like every college student’s dream, but a Boulder potrepreneur is serious about a scholarship to fund cannabis industry studies.
Food for thought
Can the cannabis industry learn from the tech industry’s mistakes? Fast Company takes a look at efforts to diversify the burgeoning legal marijuana.
LEADership
Even though the latest data debunks opponents’ contentions that legalizing recreational marijuana would lead to increased teen drug use, the city of Denver is taking steps to make sure kids understand the risks of addiction. High Costs, which is funded by the city’s tax on retail marijuana, is designed to spark conversations about cannabis use.
