Author: Rachel O’Bryan
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PERSPECTIVE: A bad trip ahead for Colorado
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…
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Kids welcome at ‘420’ pot fest? Seriously?
It would seem like common sense for an industry that claims it doesn’t market its adults-only product to kids: Limit attendance to those who can legally consume its products. Apparently not. All ages will be allowed to attend the 2022 Mile Hi 420 Festival in Civic Center Park on April 20, according to Ashley Chubin,…
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GUEST COLUMN: Heeding the alarms about legal marijuana and children
Eight years after recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, the data show kids pay consequences when adults approve a commercialized marijuana market. Official state data released on Aug. 3 report an alarming increase in teen use of ultrapotent pot products in the form of dabs and vapes. More than half of students who use marijuana…
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IN RESPONSE | Keep pot shops out of the Springs
Rachel O’Bryan Joey Bunch’s column (“Colorado Springs faces choice about going to pot,” June 8) rightly points out how Colorado Springs has a target on its back, just like Moby Dick, the legendary white whale sought by Captain Ahab. Why? Because the marijuana industry in Colorado wants desperately to “catch” Colorado Springs with marijuana commercialization,…