{"id":15303,"date":"2019-03-25T19:50:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T19:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=15303"},"modified":"2019-05-08T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T18:22:58","slug":"new-report-out-on-impact-of-legal-pot-on-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2019\/03\/new-report-out-on-impact-of-legal-pot-on-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Out On Impact Of Legal Pot On Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">This week, the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area released its fifth annual report titled <em>The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact, Volume 5.\u00a0<\/em>We devote today&#8217;s issue of <em>The Marijuana Report<\/em>\u00a0newsletter to highlighting a few of many significant findings the report contains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">National Families in Action has remade some of the graphs and charts in the report to emphasize key findings. This one shows how many of Colorado&#8217;s students were expelled, referred to law enforcement, or suspended in the 2015-2016 school year. This is the first year the Colorado Department of Education differentiated marijuana violations from all drug violations, and this year&#8217;s report will serve as a baseline to determine whether marijuana violations increase, decrease, or stay fundamentally the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Read\u00a0<em>The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact, Volume 5 <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=3fb4813492&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">here<\/a>. This information appears on page 41 (PDF page 49).<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The new report explains that although Colorado created its own Healthy Kids Survey, the combination of a poor response rate and the fact that several major counties with large populations had low or no participation rendered the 2015 survey&#8217;s results invalid. For a discussion of this see page 33 (PDF page 41). Volume 5 relies on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health to compare Colorado marijuana use with the national average for ages 12-17, 18-25, and 26 &amp; older over a ten year period (2005-2006 to 2014-2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">See data for these graphs on the following pages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Ages 12-17, page\u00a036 (PDF page 44)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Ages 18-25, page\u00a056 (PDF page 64)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Ages 26 &amp; Older, page\u00a060 (PDF page 68)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Read\u00a0<em>The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact, Volume 5 <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=6984eb947e&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The report notes that data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2006-2011 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS),\u00a0and 2012-2016 Colorado Department of Transportation show that drivers testing positive for marijuana who were killed in traffic crashes rose from 6 percent of all traffic deaths in 2006 to 20 percent eleven years later. Marijuana-related traffic deaths jumped from 9 percent to 14 percent once the state commercialized marijuana for medical use and from 11 percent to 20 percent after legalizing the drug for recreational use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Read more about marijuana-related driving in Colorado <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=c904aa61c8&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">here<\/a>\u00a0starting on page 13 (PDF page 21).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">In 2016, more than one-third of Colorado drivers who tested positive for marijuana had marijuana only in their systems. Another 36 percent had marijuana and alcohol. Slightly over one-fifth tested positive for marijuana and other drugs but no alcohol, while 7 percent had marijuana, alcohol, and other drugs on board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">See page 18 (PDF page 26) in <em>The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact, Volume 5 <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=01c9d8b9f2&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">here<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The Marijuana Report is\u00a0a weekly e-newsletter published by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=c8072893f2&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">National Families in Action<\/a>\u00a0in partnership with\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=7fc1642020&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Visit National Families in Action&#8217;s website,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfamilies.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2138d91b74dd79cbf58e302bf&amp;id=b3475609bd&amp;e=cf79f39d5d\">The Marijuana Report.Org<\/a>,\u00a0to learn more about the marijuana story unfolding across the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Our mission is to protect children from addictive drugs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">by shining light on the science that underlies their effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Addictive drugs harm children, families, and communities.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Legalizing them creates commercial industries that make drugs more available,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">increase use, and expand harms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Science shows that addiction begins in childhood.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">It is a pediatric disease that is preventable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">We work to prevent the emergence\u00a0of commercial<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">addictive drug industries\u00a0that will target children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">We support FDA approved medicines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">We support the assessment, treatment, and\/or social and educational services<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">for users and low-level dealers\u00a0as alternatives to incarceration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\"><strong>About SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">SAM is a nonpartisan alliance of lawmakers, scientists and other concerned citizens who want to move beyond simplistic discussions of &#8220;incarceration versus legalization&#8221; when discussing marijuana use and instead focus on practical changes in marijuana policy that neither demonizes users nor legalizes the drug. SAM supports a treatment, health-first marijuana policy.\u00a0\u00a0SAM has four main goals:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">To inform public policy with the science of today&#8217;s marijuana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">To reduce the unintended consequences of current marijuana policies, such as lifelong stigma due to arrest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">To prevent the establishment of &#8220;Big Marijuana&#8221; &#8211; and a 21st-Century tobacco industry that would market marijuana to children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">To promote research of marijuana&#8217;s medical properties and produce, non-smoked, non-psychoactive pharmacy-attainable medications.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Source: Email from National Families in Action http:\/\/nationalfamilies.org October 2017\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area released its fifth annual report titled The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact, Volume 5.\u00a0We devote today&#8217;s issue of The Marijuana Report\u00a0newsletter to highlighting a few of many significant findings the report contains. 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