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Colorado's cannabis economy: State shows economic growth at twice the US average

11/14/2016 - In the two years since recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado, the state has seen economic growth two times greater than the U.S. national average, according to a new in-depth analysis. "The Economic Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado," released by the Marijuana Policy Group...

Colorado voting system temporarily crippled

11/8/2016 - Electronic balloting systems continued to plague voters throughout Election Day, including an instance in Colorado where the entire system was crippled for nearly a half-hour. As reported by the Denver Post, the system failed for about 29 minutes shortly before 3 p.m., which delayed balloting and...

90% of oil and gas exploration in Colorado could be restricted under anti-fracking measures on November ballot

8/14/2016 - Citizens of the Centennial State will finally get the chance to have their voices heard on the issue of hydraulic fracturing, as two major voter referendums seeking restrictions on the destructive practice head to the November ballot. If passed, Initiatives 75 and 78 would halt all new oil and gas exploration...

Colorado readies for 'all out war' as anti-fracking measures advance to ballot

8/13/2016 - The government of Colorado has so far managed to quash efforts to halt the spread of fracking in that state, but come November, residents will finally have the chance to overpower the will of politicians and Big Oil and Gas. (Article by Lauren McCauley, republished from Commondreams.org) Petitioners...

New legislation in Colorado finally legalizes rainwater collection for watering lawns and gardens

7/30/2016 - A new law goes into effect August 1 that will allow Colorado citizens to collect rainwater for use in watering lawns and gardens. The new legislation eases part of the state's strict water usage regulations, some of which were established as far back as the 1850s. Although many states have regulations...

Organic marijuana labeling fails to pass in Colorado... Should clean weed qualify as 'organic?'

5/16/2016 - As people everywhere become more concerned about what they are putting into their bodies, the demand for organic products is rising dramatically. Just as people are increasingly opting for organic food, those who purchase marijuana want it to meet the same criteria. However, labeling marijuana to...

Colorado marijuana opponents now pushing to limit potency of legal products

5/13/2016 - Four years after recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, legalization opponents are pushing back with measures designed to limit the potency of legal marijuana products. A pending bill in the state House and a voter initiative seek to cap the THC content of recreational marijuana products...

Modern day prohibition: Will Colorado put a strict limit on how strong cannabis is, just as they did to beer?

4/27/2016 - It's a rather ironic twist that, as Colorado appears to be on the verge of rescinding its self-imposed limits on alcohol content in beer (which date back to the Prohibition era), the state may soon begin capping the THC content of marijuana. Colorado is one of only five states that still limit alcohol...

Carcinogenic chromium found in Colorado drinking water

3/24/2016 - According to a water quality report, Boulder, Colorado's drinking water contains high levels of chromium-6, a carcinogenic chemical linked to cancers of the liver, stomach and small intestine. Limited research on the health effects of hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6, has resulted in a lack of...

Medical Police State: Colorado may set up vaccine database to track children

3/23/2016 - GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is taking a lot of heat from detractors for many of his political statements and policy stances, but one thing that he's committed to doing is governing in a way that empowers, not enslaves or lords over, his fellow Americans. For instance, Trump is a huge...

Devastating drought is imminent: Scientists surprised to find Colorado River Basin drying up faster than expected

3/21/2016 - More than a half-dozen Western states that depend on the Colorado River Basin for the bulk of their water are drawing much more heavily from groundwater supplies than previously thought, according to a new study, which is the latest indication that the historic drought gripping much of the region is...

Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting: Five astonishing things the mainstream media isn't reporting (that everyone should know)

11/29/2015 - In the aftermath of the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting, the mainstream media is -- predictably -- functioning as nothing more than the propaganda arm of the Obama administration. In addition to twisting the reporting on the story in an attempt to blame all gun owners for the actions of...

Colorado county criminalizes self-reliance: Off-grid living punished like a crime

10/20/2015 - There was a time in America — and not so long ago — when there was no "grid," at least for those who lived outside of urban centers. To live self-sufficiently in rural areas was the rule, rather than the exception. People knew how to survive without electricity, running water, sewage...

EPA blocks release of Colorado mine spill documents to hide truth of toxic lead, arsenic poisoning Navajo waters

9/14/2015 - A congressional panel is criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency after its refusal to hand over documents related the Gold King Mine spill, an incident in which more than three million gallons of orange, toxic water spilled into the largest source of drinking water in the West, Watchdog.org...

Colorado county government abducts non-verbal 36-year-old college graduate

9/11/2015 - Advocates for disabled persons are outraged over a Colorado case centered around a nonverbal woman with disabilities whom they charge is being held hostage by officials in Jefferson County, The Denver Post reports. "It is truly outrageous," Julie Reiskin, director of the Colorado Cross-Disability...

Colorado court declares business owners have no First Amendment rights and must support gay marriage

8/23/2015 - The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution both recognizes and establishes some of the most basic of our rights, including the right to speak freely, to assemble in protest, to maintain a free and open press and to worship any deity we choose (or none at all). But in modern times, it has become...

Lead contamination in Colorado water now 3,580 times higher than federal standards, thanks to EPA

8/18/2015 - The "accidental" release by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of more than three million gallons of toxic sludge into a Colorado river system that feeds into the larger Colorado River has resulted in a massive surge of heavy metal contamination, including lead levels that are now 3,580...

Colorado health panel votes against will of the people and chief med director to keep vets drugged with pharmaceuticals instead of relieving PTSD with marijuana

8/18/2015 - For a state where voters recently chose to run afoul of federal drug laws and "legalize" recreational marijuana, this one truly is a head-scratcher. As reported by Reuters and other sources, Colorado health officials have just tossed a bid by medical pot advocates to place cannabis on the list of...

Colorado river is collapsing 'sooner than anyone thought'

8/10/2015 - Water resource experts have known for many years that current use of the Colorado River is not sustainable. Sixteen years of drought have made it clear that the river is overtaxed, and cannot indefinitely meet the demands of agriculture, hydroelectric generation, recreation and sustaining the populations...

New Colorado law would fine cops $15,000 for interfering with citizens' right to film them

3/31/2015 2:23:02 PM - A collection of police oversight measures that have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature includes one bill that would impose a $15,000 civil penalty if a police officer seizes or destroys the camera or video device of a citizen trying to film them in action. "Primarily, it came up as a result...

Colorado school confiscates student's life-saving medicine thanks to draconian prohibition laws

3/22/2015 - Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia currently recognize the vast therapeutic potential of the cannabis plant, which millions of people across the country rely on for safe relief from chronic pain, neurological disease, seizures, paralysis, sleeping disorders, anxiety, poor appetite, gut...

Legal cannabis generating so much tax revenue in CO that government may have to give some back to residents!

3/2/2015 - The Colorado legislature is desperately trying to finagle its way out of having to refund an excess of tax revenues generated from legal cannabis sales in the Centennial State. So much tax money has been brought into the state's coffers since marijuana was legalized in 2014 that a portion of it will...

Colorado locks down water supply, promising "not a drop more" to California

12/29/2014 - Recent storms dropped torrential rains across much of California, causing flooding and mudslides across many areas, leaving some residents homeless and killing at least two people. There was even a tornado in Los Angeles. Despite record rainfall on December 10 of between 1.54 inches at Long Beach Airport...

Big Food and biotech spend $37M to defeat GMO labeling in Oregon and Colorado

11/9/2014 - The corporate food system has once again pulled the wool over the eyes of low-information American voters with the recent defeat of GMO-labeling bills in Colorado and Oregon. Just like in California and Washington, the factory food industry, drug companies and GMO kingpins like Monsanto poured tens...

Coca-Cola, Pepsi give $1 million each to oppose GMO labeling

10/26/2014 - The fight for the Right to Know what's in our food continues as both Colorado and Oregon launch campaigns promoting the mandatory GMO-labeling initiative that voters will see on the November 4 ballot. If passed, Colorado's Proposition 105 would mandate labeling of genetically modified (GM) ingredients...

Colorado plans to issue driver's licenses to thousands of illegal immigrants

10/10/2014 - Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans a) do not support providing amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and b) do not support conferring American rights to them, liberals in some states are falling all over themselves to provide legal protections and benefits to scores of people...

Colorado's GMO labeling measure Prop 105 to be voted on in November

9/2/2014 - Activists and concerned citizens in the state of Colorado have succeeded in having a proposal placed on the November ballot that, if approved by a majority of the general public, would make it mandatory to label genetically modified foods, according to a recent announcement by the secretary of state's...

Deadly plague spreading in Colorado

7/24/2014 - Many aren't aware of this, but in the Western U.S. especially, something as tiny as a flea can transmit life-threatening diseases that can spread into full-blown deadly plagues. In Colorado recently, one of the deadliest forms of the plague hospitalized a man and took out his dog. Colorado health officials...

EPA asks employees in Colorado office not to defecate in the hallway

7/3/2014 - EPA workers at the Region 8 office in Denver, Colorado, might feel a mile high or even think that they're losing their minds after seeing human feces in the hallway of the government building. According to an internal email obtained by Government Executive, the federal employees have been warned...

Colorado rolls out state-of-the-art medical marijuana vending machines

5/5/2014 - With all the astounding therapeutic benefits of cannabis, and its subsequent legalization in a number of states, it was only a matter of time before a resourceful entrepreneur seized the opportunity to create a technologically advanced (and secure) way to obtain medicinal marijuana. And this is exactly...

Colorado driver profiled, searched for marijuana over having Colorado license plates

4/27/2014 - A Colorado resident has filed suit against an Idaho police department, alleging that he was profiled by cops during a road trip through the state last year because of his license plate. The suit, filed by Darien Roseen recently, comes more than a year after he says he was unlawfully detained and...

Vaccine Rights Attorney Challenges Colorado Legislature on Vaccine Exemption Bill

3/11/2014 - California, Oregon and Washington State all have recently enacted new vaccine exemption laws making it harder for parents to exempt their children from mandatory vaccines required for school and daycare. Colorado's House Bill 14-1288, if passed, will follow this trend by adding a requirement that parents...

Colorado becomes first state to approve regulations to curb fracking emissions

2/26/2014 - A picturesque Colorado landscape, flowing with brushstrokes of the mighty Rocky Mountains, is being clouded over by smog. Free flowing rivers and healthy groundwater are slowly being contaminated by the emissions of fracking operations. Climate and agriculture, adversely affected by heat-trapping methane...

Colorado becomes first state to approve regulations to curb fracking emissions

2/26/2014 - A picturesque Colorado landscape, flowing with brushstrokes of the mighty Rocky Mountains, is being clouded over by smog. Free flowing rivers and healthy groundwater are slowly being contaminated by the emissions of fracking operations. Climate and agriculture, adversely affected by heat-trapping methane...

Colorado becomes first state to approve regulations to curb fracking emissions

2/26/2014 - A picturesque Colorado landscape, flowing with brushstrokes of the mighty Rocky Mountains, is being clouded over by smog. Free flowing rivers and healthy groundwater are slowly being contaminated by the emissions of fracking operations. Climate and agriculture, adversely affected by heat-trapping methane...

Recreational pot now legal to buy in Colorado; the nation is watching to see results

1/5/2014 - The state of Colorado has become the first state in the nation to open its doors to the retail sale of marijuana for recreational purposes. Two referendums passed in the November 2012 elections in both Colorado and Washington state have effectively legalized marijuana, officially allowing for the...

Breaking: Two Colorado state senators recalled from office in huge victory for democracy

9/12/2013 - It was precisely the kind of story which honors those who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001 - a dozen years later, on the same day, news broke that democratic republicanism remains alive and well in America. Because of their staunch and arrogant gun control votes, two Colorado senators, both of them...

One Colorado town's solution to Obama drones: Offer bounties to individuals who shoot them down

8/2/2013 - The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado, is taking a progressive and admittedly novel approach to the threat of unmanned Obama drones entering its airspace. According to a recent Breitbart report, the town, located about one hour east of Denver, is considering the passage of an ordinance that would issue...

New wave of business opportunities involving medicinal, nutritional marijuana sweep Colorado

6/24/2013 - New business opportunities abound in the state of Colorado, where Amendment 64 to legalize the recreational sale and use of marijuana was recently passed with flying colors by 1.36 million enthusiastic Colorado voters. An entire sector of the market that was formerly limited to only licensed marijuana...

Several Colorado counties seek to form their own state: 'North Colorado'

6/15/2013 - To most Americans the question of secession was settled by the Civil War, but even today there are those who believe that states - or, in this case part of a state - should be able to form anew. A group of counties in Colorado are upset at plans to increase regulation of the oil and gas industry...

Citizens sue to restore their Second Amendment rights in Colorado, Connecticut

6/8/2013 - Left-wing, anti-Second Amendment lawmakers and governors have been working overtime throughout 2013 to take away the supposedly unimpeachable right of their citizens to "keep and bear arms" of their choice. That has especially been the case in Connecticut (home to the dreadful Sandy Hook Elementary...

Industrial hemp returns to America: Colorado to plant first new major crop on US soil in 60 years

6/2/2013 - The recent passage of Amendment 64 in Colorado, which legalizes the cultivation and recreational use of marijuana throughout the state, is having a major impact on the state's agricultural sector. But the biggest potential for economic growth may actually come from marijuana's non-psychoactive cousin...

Parents bully youth over fracking presentation at Colorado middle school

5/18/2013 - Fracking has turned into an explosive topic at a Colorado school where several staff members may be forced to resign over an informational student presentation. Two young members of the environmental group Earth Guardians educated students at Evergreen Middle School about the dangers of fracking with...

Colorado bill will give Secret Service agents police powers, right to arrest

4/30/2013 - Increasingly, states are beginning to distinguish themselves either as bastions of liberty and freedom, like Texas and Arizona, or lackeys for big government federalism like California and New York. For the record, we can officially add Colorado to the latter list, as the state has been taken over...

Colorado Sheriffs sue state government over illegal gun control laws

4/22/2013 - The vast majority of legal action aimed at countering gun control legislation has occurred on the federal level, but a group of Colorado sheriffs are keeping their disagreement local, instead suing their own state over its recent passage of anti-Second Amendment legislation. The suit exposes "the...

Colorado gun control lawmaker doesn't realize magazines can be reloaded

4/6/2013 - It is a concept that seems basic - almost rudimentary - even for a child, but apparently one leading left-wing gun-banning congresswomen didn't seem to realize during recent televised proceedings that gun magazines can be reloaded. Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado has been a leading congressional...

Colorado Governor (and traitor) John Hickenlooper signs treasonous gun control measures; major firearm magazine manufacturer to leave state

3/23/2013 - At least 200 jobs will soon be lost in the state of Colorado, thanks to the treasonous signing of two new gun control bills by Governor John Hickenlooper. Magpul Industries, a major manufacturer of firearm magazines and other accessories, has announced it will move its operations out of the state since...

Colorado MDs attack chiropractors, threaten their right to provide healing products and services

1/8/2013 - The medical establishment in Colorado is up in arms about proposed new guidelines for the state's chiropractors, which would allow them to administer certain non-prescription drugs in conjunction with natural healing remedies. According to Courthouse News Service (CNS), the Colorado Medical Society...

Recreational marijuana officially legalized in Colorado following governor's signature

12/13/2012 - Coloradans for the decriminalization of marijuana had a lot to celebrate on December 10 when Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed an executive order much earlier than expected that officially recognizes the passage of Amendment 64, making Colorado the second state in the union to legalize marijuana...

Article updated with new message from the Health Ranger

12/11/2012 - The article which originally appeared here has been removed because it is no longer aligned with the science-based investigative mission of Natural News. In late 2013 / early 2014, Mike Adams (the Health Ranger), editor of Natural News, transitioned from outspoken activist to environmental scientist....

United Nations threatens Colorado, Washington state over marijuana decriminalization laws

11/29/2012 - Likely empowered by a U.S. administration that favors the kind of nanny state politics a ruling global entity would no doubt embrace, the head of the United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board feels comfortable telling federal officials they should move to challenge measures in Colorado and...

Marijuana decriminalized in Washington and Colorado as voters reject police state 'War on Drugs'

11/7/2012 - Here's some good news in the election results: Voters in Washington and Colorado have decriminalized small quantities of marijuana for recreational use. This is an attempt to end the insane waste of law enforcement resources on small-time pot users who pose no threat to society. Although I'm personally...

Colorado healthcare workers to be fired if they refuse mandatory flu shots

10/15/2012 - The noose is rapidly closing in on the collective neck of health freedom in America, as illustrated by a new state mandate in Colorado that unconstitutionally forces hospital employees to submit to flu vaccinations or else lose their jobs. As reported by CBS 4 News in Denver, workers at hospitals across...

Colorado university 'coincidentally' had an identical drill the same day as Batman massacre

7/31/2012 - Sometimes things can seem to be just a little too coincidental for comfort, and this is one of those times. According to a report in the Denver Post, in the days following the early morning massacre of moviegoers on July 20 in nearby Aurora by "alleged" gunman James Holmes, a Colorado university,...

Colorado killer James Holmes received grant money from National Institutes of Health

7/24/2012 - As if there wasn't anything negative to add to the story of the horrible massacre committed during an opening weekend midnight matinee of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colo., this past weekend, you likely will be sickened to learn that the suspect, James Holmes, had previously been awarded a $26,000...

Shock revelation: City of Aurora, Colorado would have arrested anyone who stopped the Batman massacre with a concealed weapon

7/22/2012 - Two days ago I asked the commonsense question, "Why didn't anyone fight back against James Holmes, the shooter who shot so many people in the Batman movie theater?" See that article here: https://www.naturalnews.com/036537_James_Holmes_Batman_shooting.html Now the answer has become clear: Because...

Colorado Batman shooting shows obvious signs of being staged

7/20/2012 - James Holmes, the Aurora, Colorado shooter who reportedly opened fire at a Batman movie premiere, was a medical student at the University of Colorado, pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, reports ABC News. (http://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shooting-colorado-movie-theater-14-people-dead/story?id=16817842) As...

Colorado joins national trend to implement unconstitutional restrictions on vaccine exemptions: your state could be next

8/3/2011 - Colorado is among the growing list of states seeking to increase the number of mandatory vaccines while restricting access to vaccine exemptions. Previous recent efforts have occurred in WA, NY, NJ, CA and NC. (See Articles by Alan Phillips, and Stealth Vaccine Laws Allow Children to Consent to Vaccines.)...

Colorado passes new regulations on medical marijuana

8/4/2010 - Colorado has recently passed new legislation that puts tighter restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries. Costly new licensing fees and restrictions on who can own and operate dispensaries are among the changes included in the new laws. According to a Daily Finance article, more than 100,000...

The Colorado Organic Scene: An Interview with Andy Grant of Grant Family Organic Farms, Part I

3/21/2009 - [This is part one of a two-part interview with Andy Grant of Grant Family Farms, which was the first farm certified organic by the state of Colorado. Today, they farm 3,000 acres in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about an hour north of Denver.] JIM: Andy, reading over your web site, it looks...

The Colorado Organic Scene: An Interview with Andy Grant of Grant Family Organic Farms, Part II

3/21/2009 - [This is part two of a two-part interview with Andy Grant of Grant Family Farms, which was the first farm certified organic by the state of Colorado. Today, they farm 3,000 acres in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about an hour north of Denver.] JIM: Kind of a related question: There are a lot...

University of Colorado Caught in Cruel Animal Experiments by Whistleblower

4/13/2008 - A former University of Colorado employee went to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with secret photos and videos of animals being subjected to painful and unnecessary procedures and conditions after his complaints to supervisors went ignored. The former lab technician had worked...

Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in The American West (Book Review)

3/3/2008 - In history classrooms the world over, schoolchildren learn about the important American wars, going back to the American Revolution. It seems that an important war, one that occurred on American soil, has been largely left out of the history books. This war took place in southern Colorado in 1913 and...

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