Colorado became the first in the nation in 2012 to make the recreational use of marijuana legal. In the following year when recreational marijuana sales got underway, Colorado’s General Assembly mandated the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) to produce a report every two years by Jan. 31
Continue Reading Frequent marijuana use by Colorado youths associated with psychotic disorders
Continue Reading Costco Chicken Salad Linked to E. Coli Outbreak in CO, UT, MT and WA
Eating Jimmy John’s sandwiches with cucumbers imported from Mexico was the likely cause of a Denver-area E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that occurred in October 2013, according to a new 27-page state investigative report. The investigation, by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and several local public
Continue Reading Cucumbers Likely Cause of Jimmy John’s E. Coli Outbreak
When history is written about Colorado’s 10-month-old experiment with recreational marijuana, events of the past week should be good for at least a chapter. Dr. Larry Wolk, the state’s chief medical officer and the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), came out for a
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: An Almost Ban on Most Marijuana Edibles
