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Legal pot: Colorado’s bad ‘medicine’
Colorado teens already use marijuana at higher rates than others, with Boulder teens using at three times the national rate.
Up In Smoke
Not that it wasn’t predictable, but the federal government, fueled by new Monitoring the Future data collected by the University of Michigan on behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is reporting a rise in the illicit use of marijuana among high school students.
Striking rise in accidental marijuana poisonings
The number of unintentional marijuana poisonings in children rose markedly in Colorado after medical marijuana was decriminalized in 2009, with visits to one emergency department climbing from zero to 2.4% of all poisoning cases in just 2 years, according to a report published online May 27 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Pot smokers arrested for DUI: A record high in Washington
Significantly more drivers pulled over by police in Washington state are testing positive for marijuana since legalization of the drug's recreational use took effect in January, according to figures released this week by the Washington State Patrol. (BESIDES OUR HIGHWAYS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS BEING UNSAFE WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO OUR CAR INSURANCE RATES???)
