Tag: marijuana
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Colorado Springs retail marijuana ban fails, according to final unofficial election results
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct an erroneous statement by The Gazette regarding possible legal challenges to a Colorado Springs zoning ordinance regulating retail marijuana shops. Graf’s latest statement from Nov. 19 is now included. Colorado Springs residents appear to have rejected a ballot question that sought to more permanently ban recreational marijuana…
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El Paso County Board of Health takes a stance on recreational marijuana ballot measures
The El Paso County Board of Public Health has officially come out against a ballot question that will ask Colorado Springs citizens to vote on allowing existing medical marijuana shops to sell recreational marijuana in city limits. “This is a public health issue, and I think this is a stance we should be taking,” said…
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Air Force hits recruitment goal with new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and other changes
The Air Force hit its recruiting goal for 2024 after implementing numerous changes such new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and new legal permanent resident requirements. In a written statement, Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, said no single change made the difference, but numerous factors helped, such as removing…
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Air Force hits recruitment goal with new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and other changes
The Air Force hit its recruiting goal for 2024 after implementing numerous changes such new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and new legal permanent resident requirements. In a written statement, Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, said no single change made the difference, but numerous factors helped, such as removing…
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Air Force hits recruitment goal with new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and other changes
The Air Force hit its recruiting goal for 2024 after implementing numerous changes such new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and new legal permanent resident requirements. In a written statement, Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, said no single change made the difference, but numerous factors helped, such as removing…
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Drugs, guns found at Colorado Springs drug paraphernalia store: Police
One person was arrested in connection with the recovery of firearms and a haul of illegal substances at a drug paraphernalia store, Colorado Springs police said. A months-long investigation and several undercover sales involving Trippie Hippie, at 17 Iowa Ave., north of Pikes Peak Avenue, led to the recovery of 24 pounds of marijuana, as well as…
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El Paso County Board of Health takes a stance on recreational marijuana ballot measures
The El Paso County Board of Public Health has officially come out against a ballot question that will ask Colorado Springs citizens to vote on allowing existing medical marijuana shops to sell recreational marijuana in city limits. “This is a public health issue, and I think this is a stance we should be taking,” said…
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Man receives lesser sentence than brother for dealing fentanyl out of Colorado Springs liquor store
The second of two brothers charged with selling drugs out of their Colorado Springs liquor store was sentenced on Wednesday, avoiding the lengthy prison sentence that his brother received earlier this year. Brian Yi, 42, appeared in court Wednesday for his sentencing hearing four months after his brother, Steve Yi, 45, was sentenced to 13 years in…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up 6 cases on involuntary intoxication, malicious prosecution, child neglect trials
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear appeals in six cases, including the question of whether a person can claim he knowingly ingested one substance that was secretly laced with another behavior-altering substance as a defense to criminal charges. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to grant an…
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Citizen-backed Colorado Springs recreational marijuana sales question likely headed for the ballot
Colorado Springs residents are likely to see a question asking them to legalize recreational marijuana sales on the November ballot. Responsible Rec for Colorado Springs, a local group that advocates the legalization of recreational marijuana sales, submitted about 3,400 petition signatures above the minimum needed to place a question on the ballot that seeks voter…