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Colorado’s Marijuana “Experiment” and its Effect on DUI Marijuana

08.25.14

research100We just returned from making a presentation at the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences in Woods Hole, MA last Thursday.

The presentation was entitled Colorado’s Marijuana “Experiment” and its Effect on DUI Marijuana.

Attached is a copy of the summary of the presentation that the meeting organizer plans to publish in the meeting circular. TRB paper  

 

 Here are some highlights:

  1. DUI-Marijana is likely far more common than many have realized,
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CDPHE’s Self-Serving Plan

03.29.14

PublicHealthFriday, March 28, 2014, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) hosted a town hall meeting on medical marijuana. Dr. Larry Wolk, the department’s chief medical officer announced that doctors will now be required to provide more documentation to support any recommendation for more than 6 marijuana plants per patient.

Some castigated Wolk for demanding justification for more than 6 marijuana plants per patient. Others are relieved to see what appears to be some … READ MORE

Colorado’s Drug Promotion Plan

03.17.14

colorado-legislatureSB 14-155 was introduced to the Colorado State Legislature March 10th.

It seeks to use state funds to further “research” to promote the beneficial effects of marijuana.

 

 

This bill should not even see the light of day for at least the following reasons:

  1. Section 1(b) of the legislation is not true. Coloradans will use marijuana regardless of the potential therapeutic effects of the weed – or its adverse consequences. They’ve already proven that.
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DUID Data and state-sponsored marijuana “research”

01.16.14

Computer_dataThis week we sent a letter to Governor Hickenlooper: Hickenlooper 3 It suggests ways of collecting, analyzing and publishing DUID data essential to understanding drugged driving in our state. It further suggests that the $7.1 million that Colorado is allocating to sponsor “research” to promote use of marijuana could be better spent solving our DUID data deficit.

The Denver Post agreed with some of our points, and issued an editorial of support

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