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Drug Useen-USCopyright 皇冠网址/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:40:00 GMTHow long-term marijuana use could cause a reduction in memory, according to a CU Anschutz researcher
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A new study from the CU Anschutz Medical Center raises new questions about whether weed is harmful to the brain. The study found that that frequent, long-term users of marijuana may see a reduction in memory.Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:40:00 GMT/podcast/inthenoco/2025-02-11/how-long-term-marijuana-use-could-cause-a-reduction-in-memory-according-to-a-cu-anschutz-researcherIn The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad TurnerBoulder Police investigating possible tainted drug overdoses at fraternity
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The Boulder Police Dept. is investigating after several college students were brought to the hospital after overdosing at a fraternity. Police believe they may have taken tainted drugs.Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:36:41 GMT/news/2024-12-09/boulder-police-investigating-possible-tainted-drug-overdoses-at-fraternityAlex MurphyColorado seeking to create new psychedelic therapy industry and creating healing centers for legal consumption
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Colorado is in the process of creating a new psychedelic therapy industry. About two years ago, voters opted to decriminalize the personal use of the drug psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms. Now the state is working on licensing 鈥渉ealing centers鈥� where people can legally consume psilocybin in a supervised setting. According to John Herrick of the Boulder Reporting Lab, Boulder officials are beginning to think about certain restrictions for these centers in the city.Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:49:56 GMT/news/2024-08-14/colorado-seeking-to-create-new-psychedelic-therapy-industry-and-creating-healing-centers-for-legal-consumptionJohn Herrick, Boulder Reporting LabThe 鈥榩aradise paradox鈥� affecting Colorado鈥檚 mountain residents
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Colorado may rank at the top with regard to physical fitness. But when it comes to mental health, Coloradans are struggling. On today鈥檚 In The NoCo we discuss how a culture of drug and alcohol use in mountain resort communities can negatively affect the mental health of those who live and work there.Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:35:00 GMT/podcast/inthenoco/2024-04-18/the-paradise-paradox-affecting-colorados-mountain-residentsIn The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'TooleCulture high: Vacation atmosphere fuels elevated substance use in ski towns, public health reports show
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In Part 1 of The Longevity Project, Summit County's tourist-driven economy drives substance use rates above state and national averages, investigation reveals.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:57:00 GMT/news/2024-03-21/culture-high-vacation-atmosphere-fuels-elevated-substance-use-in-ski-towns-public-health-reports-showRyan Spencer, Summit Daily NewsTeens With Addiction Are Often Left to Detox Without Medication
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When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn鈥檛 find one.Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:00:00 GMT/news/2023-08-07/teens-with-addiction-are-often-left-to-detox-without-medicationMarkian HawrylukFrom veterans to mushroom growers, Denver psychedelics conference attracts thousands
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As communities move to decriminalize psychedelics, Denver is hosting a massive conference for those who want to learn more.Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:16:37 GMT/news/2023-06-21/from-veterans-to-mushroom-growers-denver-psychedelics-conference-attracts-thousandsLeigh PatersonWith new LSD study, researchers in Fort Collins see a future for psychedelic therapy
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Research participants in Fort Collins are taking LSD as part of a study on how the psychedelic drug could impact anxiety. The experiment is part of a much larger push to understand how different psychedelics could be used to treat mental health conditions.Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:18:00 GMT/news/2023-06-14/with-new-lsd-study-researchers-in-fort-collins-see-a-future-for-psychedelic-therapyLeigh PatersonColorado Dems kill 'safe injection site' bill for drug users
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A Colorado bill to allow so-called safe-injection sites 鈥� where people can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff who can reverse an overdose 鈥� was killed in committee Wednesday evening by Democrats.Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:49:23 GMT/politics/2023-04-27/colorado-dems-kill-safe-injection-site-bill-for-drug-usersJesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for AmericaBoulder is buying a home for people to live in and recover from methamphetamine addiction
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The recovery home will be an incremental step toward addressing methamphetamine addiction in Boulder County. In 2020, the county estimated 535 people who passed through the Boulder County Jail were addicted to methamphetamine, according to its grant proposal. (There are currently 412 people incarcerated or detained in the jail, according to state data.)Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:49:19 GMT/news/2023-01-12/boulder-is-buying-a-home-for-people-to-live-in-and-recover-from-methamphetamine-addictionJohn Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab