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Colorado’s Drug Promotion Plan

03.17.14

SB 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:

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.

DUID Data and state-sponsored marijuana “research”

01.16.14

Computer_data This 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