Author: John Ingold
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Marijuana edibles in spotlight in Colorado after student’s death
Throughout Dr. Scott Bentz’s career in emergency medicine, marijuana wasn’t something he much worried about. Perhaps a person a month would come in feeling panicky after smoking pot. A sedative and a quiet room usually did the trick. “It’s the easiest emergency medicine case you’re going to see,” said Bentz, the medical director of emergency…
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Colorado marijuana regulators switching sides to work for industry
At least three influential officials at the state agency that regulates marijuana businesses have found work doing cannabis industry consulting after leaving the division, the latest sign of the industry’s growing allure in Colorado. All three officials say they adhered to strict — but not always mandatory — ethical standards in switching from the regulators…
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Stoned Colorado driving: 60 cited in January
Colorado State Patrol officers cited 60 people in January for driving offenses in which marijuana was believed to be involved, a CSP sergeant said Monday in reporting the first such numbers in the state. Trends in stoned driving have proved difficult for state officials to track, and the State Patrol began keeping tallies on impaired-driving…
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Judge rejects plea to expand pot ads
A federal judge has initially rejected a plea from High Times and Westword magazines to block state rules that prevent recreational marijuana businesses from advertising in most publications. But Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger said she would let the magazines amend their lawsuit to keep the case alive. Colorado rules for recreational marijuana businesses…
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Denver police citing one person per day for public marijuana use
Since the start of legal recreational marijuana sales, Denver police have cited about one person per day for public pot smoking, the city’s police chief said Monday. Chief Robert White told members of a Denver City Council committee that officers issued nine citations for public marijuana consumption between Jan. 1 and Saturday. White said there…
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100,000 legal pot deplete shops’ supplies
DENVER – Only one week into Colorado’s history-making recreational marijuana industry, one shop has already sold out of pot, others fear they may soon join it and perhaps as many as 100,000 people have legally purchased marijuana at Colorado stores. Industry advocates estimate Colorado stores have already done more than $5 million in sales –…
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Fed raids on Colorado marijuana businesses seek ties to Colombian drug cartels
Marijuana businesses raided by federal agents in the Denver metro-area on Thursday are being investigated for possible links to Colombian drug cartels, sources told The Denver Post on Friday. The two sources, who have knowledge of the investigation, spoke on condition of anonymity. A search warrant obtained by The Denver Post included 10 “target subjects”…
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More Colorado pot is flowing to neighboring states
Marijuana is flowing into the black market and out of Colorado in greater quantities than ever before, law enforcement officials say. It’s going by car and by bus. It’s being packed up and shipped through the mail. It’s being found, in small amounts and large bundles, as far away as Illinois, New York and Florida.…
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Man charged in marijuana-for-donations swaps, wife found dead
A man who was charged in the weeks after marijuana legalization with running a pot-for-donations delivery service has been found dead in southern Colorado along with his wife. Authorities called it a murder-suicide, The Denver Post reported.Pritchard Garrett, 31, and Alicia Garrett, 26, were found dead on Aug. 10 inside a trailer they were renting…
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UPDATE: Second crash snarls southbound I-25
Southbound Interstate 25 is fully open again following an accident south of Castle Rock, the latest in a rollercoaster day for a 10-mile stretch of the highway in Douglas County. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, both lanes of the highway reopened shortly before 2:30 p.m. For about a half hour, only one southbound…