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Report: Southeastern Colorado residents face highest health risk from climate change
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A new report from the Colorado Health Institute warns that climate change is affecting Coloradans’ health – and those effects vary based on where you live, with residents from Southeastern Colorado facing the highest risks. Released Thursday, the report, “Think Globally, Adapt Locally: Colorado Counties Health and Climate Index,” updates the institute’s first look in 2019 at…
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UCHealth launches $100M initiative to combat Colorado mental health crisis
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Aurora-based UCHealth today announced a sweeping, $100 million initiative to combat the state’s mental health crisis. A $25 million matching donation program could boost support to as much as $150 million, which will be used to embed mental health care professionals in primary care offices, build and expand tele-psychiatry and virtual care and ultimately complete…
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COVER STORY | Magic mushrooms in Denver: Medicine or mayhem?
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Denver voters will head into uncharted territory when they decide whether to decriminalize possession of small amounts of psilocybin, better known as “magic mushrooms.” Initiated Ordinance 301 on the ballot mailed to city voters starting April 15 would make use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms “the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority.” And while the mushroom referendum…