Legalizing Marijuana: Side Effects Mount With States' Drug Experimentation

Published May 24, 2013

Legalizing marijuana: Side effects mount with states' drug experimentation

Filed under: Colorado Drug Addiction

The after-effects of November's referendums legalizing the private use of marijuana continue to generate legal questions in Colorado and Washington court houses. On Thursday a Colorado Court of Appeals panel ruled in favor of firing Brandon Coats—a …
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How to Legalize Pot

Filed under: Colorado Drug Addiction

Washington is one of the first two states (Colorado is the other) to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana as a recreational drug for consumers 21 and over. The marijuana debate has entered a new stage. Today the most interesting …
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Drug addiction is a disease — but a curable one

Filed under: Colorado Drug Addiction

“My precious son died of a drug overdose eight months ago,” wrote Kathleen Kelly, a professor at Colorado State University. “He was 24 years old. He got addicted to Oxy and when he couldn't afford it anymore, he went to a less expensive opiate — heroin …
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