Author: Henny Lasley

On Aug. 26, The Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety Center released alarming news: Young people are the top users of psychedelics, and most use the drugs simply for fun. The center also reported that the most widely used psychedelic was psilocybin — the slang term is “magic mushrooms” — and that it was perceived…

Stop us if you heard this one before: National activists bankroll a ballot issue to legalize a psychoactive drug as “medicine” in Colorado, using our state as a policy Petri dish for their experiment. Soon a profit-driven industry has exploded, pushing open loopholes placed in the ballot language to create money-making opportunities that stretch any…

Commercial marijuana sales are down across our state. Predictably, the marijuana industry puts much of the blame on House Bill 21-1317, a state law passed last year to protect young people from a new generation of hyper-potent products that harm growing brains. If fewer kids are accessing these dangerous ultra-high-THC products, that’s a win. But…

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 from…

Regardless of what one thinks about recreational marijuana, we all should be able to agree on one point: It is bad for kids. Not only is it illegal for those under 21 to use marijuana recreationally, but a growing body of research shows that it harms their developing brains. It’s the obligation of adults –…