EDITORIAL: Surprise, legal pot correlates with rising traffic deaths
Marijuana advocates can no longer claim legalization is devoid of catastrophic results.
The Denver Post, which has embraced legalization, analyzed federal and state data and found results so alarming they published a story last week under the headline “Traffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame?”
Of course legalization is to blame. It ushered in a commercial industry that encourages consumption and produces an ever-increasing supply of pot substantially more potent than most users could find when the drug was illegal.
The post reported a 40 percent increase in the number of all drivers, impaired or otherwise, involved in fatal crashes in Colorado between 2013 and 2016.
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Joanne Davidson
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Two charged with murder of woman in Westminster parking lot
Sage Kelley
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Space Force Association tackles awareness and education gap
Mary Shinn
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A brief overview of The GEO Group v. Menocal, the class action out of Colorado about immigration detention
Michael Karlik
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DPS’ Alex Marrero named one of two finalists for Chicago Public Schools’ top job
Nico Brambila
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Updated 1 hour ago
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Moderate Democrats, GOP reach deal to end shutdown
Wire Services
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Colorado Supreme Court committee advances tenant-friendly rule change
Michael Karlik
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Updated 20 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court’s Civil Rules Committee advanced a proposal on Friday that would make it easier for tenants facing eviction to respond to and learn about their landlord’s initial court filing. Several members of the committee were torn about...
6 mountain communities increase lodging taxes, 2 reject the tax hike
Rachael Wright
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Updated 3 hours ago
Six mountain communities across Colorado voted on Tuesday to raise their lodging taxes after the state legislature passed a bill allowing counties to triple such taxes and spend the money on a wider range of projects, including public infrastructure, childcare...
Sundance Film Festival details Robert Redford tributes, legacy screenings | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Federal highway funding bill forces Colorado to strengthen DUI laws; Bennet wins state’s most expensive election | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Coloradans are being held hostage with our own tax dollars,” state Senate President Ray Powers, R-Colorado Springs, wrote in a guest editorial published in the The Colorado Statesman. Powers called the federal government “relentless in...
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