food and drug administration
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INSIGHTS | Pot foe says kids provided a reason to pass CBD bill
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To say Colorado state Rep. Lois Landgraf loves pot is like setting up a punch line. The Republican from Fountain, however, thinks sick kids are no laughing matter. “I’ve always been against marijuana, but this isn’t that,” she said over the phone one evening about a pot-related bill she fought for last legislative session. She…
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Four years after legalization, Denver officials say more data needed to assess marijuana’s impact
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According to a recent federal study, marijuana use among Colorado teenagers has fallen considerably in the past two years – to its lowest rate in nearly a decade. But high school principals in parts of Denver with high concentrations of pot businesses say the opposite is true, and an organization that works with homeless youth…
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DeGette questions cybersecurity of medical devices on the internet
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The Food and Drug Administration is preparing a response to a request from Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette about how it will protect medical devices from cybersecurity threats. DeGette (D-Denver) asked the FDA for an explanation this month as the nation recovered from an Oct. 21 cyber-attack and prepared for another one during the election last…
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Stavropoulos and Hoban: DEA announcement is not an unexpected blow to the cannabis industry
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On Aug. 12, 2016, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency denied a petition to initiate the rescheduling of marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance. Despite recent outcry from many within the industry, this should not be considered a blow to the cannabis industry in the United States. This was in fact…
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Polis calls for end to gay blood donor ban in wake of Orlando massacre
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In the hours after a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday left 50 dead and dozens wounded, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis took to Twitter to demand the federal Food and Drug Administration rescind its recommendation that sexually active gay men can’t donate blood. “My blood is as good as yours (O+ in…
