Policing
Denver Launches Program To Help Low-Level Offenders Instead of Arresting Them
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The program allows officers to use discretion with people who have committed low-level crimes that could be a result of untreated behavioral health issues.
Drugs
House Members Favor Allowing Pot Industry to Use Banks
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A bipartisan coalition agrees with financial industry trade groups on a bill that would allow the rapidly expanding cannabis industry to use banks and credit unions if the firms comply with state law.
Drugs
Do Marijuana Dispensaries Cause Rise in Crime?
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A new study found an association between marijuana dispensaries and increases in rates of crime and disorder in neighborhoods in Denver, shortly after Colorado commenced legal retail sales of marijuana.
Drugs
Prescription Opioids Lead to More Fatal Car Crashes: Study
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The use of prescription opioids by drivers is increasingly implicated as a contributory cause in fatal motor vehicle crashes, according to a new study published in the JAMA Network Open.
Drugs
75 Scholars Call Book on Pot’s Dangers ‘Alarmism’
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In a new book, “Tell Your Children,” Alex Berenson, says marijuana’s active compound, THD, is linked with schizoprenia and violence. Critics in an open letter call Berenson’s work “flawed pop science.”
Drugs
Drug Money Plays Big Role in South Texas Economy
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The El Chapo trial showed the hold that drug traffickers and their money have on police and politicians in Mexico. Drug profits also have a big influence in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
Drugs
First Opioid Trial Against Drug Makers Could Happen in OK
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In the legal battle to hold drug companies responsible for the raging opioid epidemic, media attention largely has focused on a national lawsuit set for an October trial in federal court in Cleveland. It may be upstaged by a lesser-known opioid case, to be tried in May in Norman, OK.
Drugs
El Chapo’s Next Home: the ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’?
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Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Sinaloa drug cartel leader known as El Chapo, was convicted Tuesday in Brooklyn and is expected to spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison–most likely the Colorado supermax facility known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.” But will it make any difference to the illicit drug trade?
Drugs
Colorado Marijuana Sales Top $6 Billion in 5 Years
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The big sales total has Colorado on the cusp of another milestone: $1 billion in marijuana tax, licensing and fee revenue.
Drugs
Senator Not Optimistic About Helping Patients in Pain
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Committee chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) does not favor new action to help chronic pain patients who struggle to get treatment during the opioid crackdown.