Denver 4/20 festival will be ages 21+ and other updates
March 3, 2023 Dear Champion, Welcome to our blog! This month, we have a few updates for you: Denver’s 4/20 marijuana event at Civic Center Park
March 3, 2023 Dear Champion, Welcome to our blog! This month, we have a few updates for you: Denver’s 4/20 marijuana event at Civic Center Park
Read the article here: https://wgme.com/news/i-team/maine-seeing-sky-high-rates-of-toddlers-eating-edibles-new-bill-hopes-to-abolish-cartoons-recreational-marijuana-sales-packaging-maine-office-of-cannabis-cannabis-intoxication-children?fbclid=IwAR11kiQDqQ8YRAUrs9D8ppdgkw2etiRdVmTKP7rq4OJAYS_2lntFcfEO6Qw
Article from the Denver Gazette covering the concerning news that marijuana exposure of young kids continues to grow. https://denvergazette.com/news/marijuana-exposure-of-kids-5-or-younger-skyrockets/article_990e30e2-a7d1-11ed-afe3-9fd21e7620a7.html
One Chance’s Diane Carlson penned this Op-Ed in the Colorado Sun about the issue of the SAFE Banking bill in Congress and how youth protections
One Chance’s Rachel O’Bryan is quoted in this article from 9News in Colorado about a new bill that would roll back marijuana protections passed two
Fantastic editorial from the Denver Gazette in Colorado on Senate Bill 23-081, which would roll back important protections for kids. One Chance’s Rachel O’Bryan is
Calls to poison control in Colorado for kids under 5 have skyrocketed due to marijuana exposure. Read the article here: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-02-06/edible-marijuana-exposures-soar-among-colorado-kids
This article from Wyoming shows the power of our youth to stand up and advocate for protections!
Great video from Inside Edition on the issue of marijuana packaging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hekWu3tXfCQ
February 2, 2023 Dear Champion, Our work at One Chance relies on data, trends, and evidence-based research to drive better outcomes including robust regulations and safeguards
Read this article from NPR here: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142598789/drivers-crashes-drugs-alcohol-nhtsa-study
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