Published: Sep 11, 2017, 2:49 pm • Updated: Sep 11, 2017, 2:50 pm By Denver Post Editorial Board During his surprisingly successful bid for the presidency, Donald Trump famously sought out rural America and American farmers, and for good reasons …
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Going into its fourth harvest, industrial hemp industry still facing growing pains
Published: Sep 10, 2017, 8:19 am • Updated: Sep 11, 2017, 7:41 am By Libby Rainey, The Denver Post The first hint that Damian Farris isn’t your typical farmer is the nickname of his mud-splattered white pickup truck: “Smoked Tofu.” …
Read More »Catch up on football’s off-season drive for medical marijuana and CBD oil
Published: Sep 9, 2017, 8:56 am • Updated: Sep 9, 2017, 8:56 am By The Cannabist Staff The new NFL season kicks off this weekend following a summer that saw new momentum in the drive to put medical cannabis in …
Read More »She’s a medical marijuana advocate working to make Denver “Hollyweed”
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 7:56 pm • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 7:56 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, medical cannabis advocate and founder of the nonprofit American Medical Refugees Foundation; creator of the “Talk to the …
Read More »9,200 marijuana plants found growing on islands in the Colorado River
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 12:15 pm • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 12:15 pm By Gabrielle Porter, The Daily Sentinel More than 9,200 pot plants being grown illegally on two islands in the middle of the Colorado River were seized Thursday …
Read More »Youthful Consumption of Marijuana Down for 2016, Says Federal Government
The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicates marijuana use among some of America’s youngest consumers has declined to its lowest rate in nearly 15 years. On Thursday, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published …
Read More »Teen Cannabis Use Rates Have Dropped to a 20-Year Low, National Survey Indicates – News
With zero marijuana overdose deaths in the history of man, new research uncovering the plant’s medical benefits and millions in tax dollars flooding into legal weed states, staunch prohibitionists are running out of excuses to support their anti-cannabis stance. Now, …
Read More »Teen marijuana use falls to 20-year low, federal report says
Published: Sep 7, 2017, 2:48 pm • Updated: Sep 7, 2017, 2:50 pm By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation’s 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two …
Read More »Colorado man gets 144 years for murdering his former marijuana business partner, igniting wildfire as cover-up
Published: Sep 6, 2017, 5:09 pm • Updated: Sep 7, 2017, 8:07 am By Jesse Paul, The Denver Post An Elbert County man was sentenced Tuesday to 144 years in prison for killing his former marijuana business partner and then …
Read More »America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” Education
Gone are the days when college students only selected their schools based on campus size, graduation rate, and accreditation. Though still important benchmarks, today’s students contemplating a higher education have a slightly more nuanced set of criteria. While some students …
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