Author: Henny Lasley
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PODIUM | A safeguard against pot sales to minors
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Henny Lasley Dawn Reinfeld Colorado voters who passed the constitutional amendment to allow adults 21 years and older to use recreational marijuana were told by advocates that marijuana would be regulated in a manner similar to alcohol. It’s time for the state to advance policy to do just that. Senate Bill 22-149, a bipartisan bill…
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Allowing public consumption of edible pot will give us all indigestion
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Henny Lasley After Colorado legalized marijuana for adult use, New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd came to Colorado to experience legal marijuana edibles. Here is how she described her evening: “For an hour, I felt nothing. . . . But then I felt a scary shudder go through my body and brain. I barely made it…
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Enough! Continued marijuana commercialization threatens Colorado kids
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Since Colorado voters in 2012 approved Amendment 64 to legalize recreational marijuana, the industry has continually tried to expand marijuana commercialization through the legislative process. It’s understandable that some in the industry want more opportunities to make money from marijuana. But at some point we as a state have to stand up for kids and…
