Smoking 'legalized' Marijuana Can Still Get You Fired
Smoking 'legalized' marijuana can still get you fired
Filed under: Drug Use Colorado
FORTUNE — Statutes passed last November in Colorado and Washington state seem straightforward enough: Anyone over 21 can possess up to an ounce of marijuana without facing any penalty. … Now that 18 states and the District of Columbia have legalized …
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Tom Clements: Murdered prison chief seen in video urging drug-law reform
Filed under: Drug Use Colorado
The video, released as part of the Brave New Foundation's Beyond Bars campaign, urges passage of Senate Bill 250, part of an ongoing effort to overhaul Colorado's drug code, reducing penalties for drug users and small-time dealers and funneling money …
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Requiring universal background checks makes sense: Steven M. Dettelbach and …
Filed under: Drug Use Colorado
In fact, about one of every five cases prosecuted federally in Northern Ohio last year involved illegal use or possession of a firearm. Many local … The tragedies from Connecticut to Colorado to Chardon show that no community, region or demographic …
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Colorado legislature passes laws regulating legal pot
Filed under: Drug Use Colorado
(CNN) – Colorado's state legislature passed a pair of measures Wednesday regulating the sale of legal marijuana, becoming the first state to pass bills dictating how the now-legal drug will be taxed and sold in stores. The votes come roughly six months …
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