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As Adults Legally Smoke Pot In Colorado, More Minority Kids Arrested For It

Kurt Britz checks a driver's license at the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary on Jan. 1, 2014, the first day recreational marijuana sales were legal in Colorado. Possession remains illegal for those under 21 years old, and statistics show a widening racial gap in arrests for those offenses. Theo Stroomer/Getty Images hide caption

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Law

As Adults Legally Smoke Pot In Colorado, More Minority Kids Arrested For It

CPR News

The state legalized marijuana at the start of 2014 for anyone 21 or older. An increasing rate of Latino and black youths were arrested for violating that age limit, even as the white arrest rate fell.

As Adults Legally Smoke Pot In Colorado, More Minority Kids Arrested For It

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Colorado Pot Tourists Are More Apt To Land In The ER Than Locals

A budtender prepares an edible sale for a customer at LivWell Broadway in Denver. Craig F. Walker/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Colorado Pot Tourists Are More Apt To Land In The ER Than Locals

Tourists who indulge in legal marijuana in Colorado are more likely to end up in the emergency room with cannabis-related problems than are state residents, a study finds. Talk about a bad trip.

Monday

If It Were A Movie, 'Oregon Pot' Would Be No. 4 At The Box Office

Two men inspect the goods at at Farma, a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon. The state's first week of retail sales brought in an estimated $11 million, a trade group says. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

If It Were A Movie, 'Oregon Pot' Would Be No. 4 At The Box Office

If legal marijuana were a movie, the $11 million that's estimated to have been spent during Oregon's first week of sales would place it fourth on the latest list of U.S. weekend box-office receipts.

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Friday

Awesome Tips, Dude: Denver May Allow Pot In Bars, Restaurants

Partygoers attend a Prohibition-era themed New Year's Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver on Dec. 31, 2013. Brennan Linsley/AP hide caption

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National

Awesome Tips, Dude: Denver May Allow Pot In Bars, Restaurants

CPR News

Pot is legal in Colorado, but the capitol city has outlawed pot bars like those in Amsterdam, leaving tourists who flock to Denver to get high with no legal place to do so. But that may change soon.

Awesome Tips, Dude: Denver May Allow Pot In Bars, Restaurants

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Nebraska Says Colorado Pot Isn't Staying Across The Border

Deuel County Sheriff Adam Hayward shows off a container of confiscated marijuana in Chappell, Neb., in July. Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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National

Nebraska Says Colorado Pot Isn't Staying Across The Border

Law enforcement in Nebraska towns near the Colorado border are reporting a jump in pot-related offenses. Legalization next door, they say, is creating burdensome consequences they never asked for.

Nebraska Says Colorado Pot Isn't Staying Across The Border

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Friday

Getting High Safely: Aspen Launches Marijuana Education Campaign

Officials in Aspen have put out a brochure on how to use marijuana safely and legally. Marci Krivonen hide caption

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National

Getting High Safely: Aspen Launches Marijuana Education Campaign

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Authorities in the Colorado city have distributed brochures on the do's and don'ts of marijuana use. They list facts such as where pot is legal and how long the high takes to set in.

Getting High Safely: Aspen Launches Marijuana Education Campaign

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Thursday

With Harvest Season, 'Trimmigrants' Flock To California's Pot Capital

Trimmers prepare the marijuana flower, or bud, to make it more appealing to consumers. They use scissors to snip off the leaves and stems. Brett Myers/Youth Radio hide caption

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YR Media

With Harvest Season, 'Trimmigrants' Flock To California's Pot Capital

YR Media

Humboldt County is famous for towering redwoods — and pot. Every fall, young people descend on its small towns. They're seeking work as trimmers, who manicure marijuana buds to prepare them for sale.

With Harvest Season, 'Trimmigrants' Flock To California's Pot Capital

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Tuesday

Colorado's Pot Industry Looks To Move Past Stereotypes

Brooke Gehring, CEO of Patients Choice and Live Green Cannabis, stands in one of her company's grow houses in Denver. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption

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Business

Colorado's Pot Industry Looks To Move Past Stereotypes

In the year since Colorado made recreational marijuana legal, pot has become a billion-dollar business in the state. And some growers are on a serious mission to make it legitimate and mainstream.

Colorado's Pot Industry Looks To Move Past Stereotypes

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