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Although many users of cannabis celebrated the recent change in marijuana’s legality in Colorado, officials at the state’s largest hospital for children are seeing that legal marijuana is having unintended consequences that are adversely affecting some children. According to Michael DiStefano, medical director of the emergency department at Children’s Hospital Colorado, the number of children Read more »

After Colorado legalized recreational marijuana use in 2012, Denver employers decided to take a harder stance on employee drug use. A Denver-based workplace survey indicates that one in every five employers report implementing tougher drug testing policies. Only two percent of respondents claim to have relaxed their requirements for marijuana testing. Seventy-one percent report no Read more »

Some job applicants and employees are annoyed at the thought of mandatory drugs tests. Perhaps they feel it’s an invasion of their privacy or that it’s perfectly acceptable to use drugs as long as they’re not actually at work when they indulge. In reality, employers face significant risks when their workers use drugs, even if Read more »

While recreational marijuana use is now legal in Colorado, employers still hold all the cards when it comes to creating a safe working environment. That is largely because marijuana use is still illegal at a federal level. This broader illegality works in favor of employers who are concerned about workplace safety and want to continue Read more »

A complex, two year investigation has led to the indictment of more than 50 dangerous gang members in the Denver metro area. In a bid to shut down two unrelated drug rings that were flooding the Denver area with illegal drugs, local and federal authorities dispatched hundreds of officers on June 6, 2014. Some of Read more »

Despite all of the media attention that the passage of Colorado’s Amendment 64 has received, there seems to be confusion about what marijuana legalization means. Here are 10 useful things to know. You can still get fired for using marijuana If you think you can use pot without getting in trouble at work, think again. Read more »

While recreational marijuana use is legal in Colorado with the passage of Amendment 64, employers still have the power to make hiring and firing decisions based on marijuana use. Knowledge of this power is leading more employers to conduct drug tests or to increase the frequency and stringency of existing drug testing programs. Many in Read more »

Deviant behaviors can covertly derail productivity within any major organization, and individual instances of drug use accumulate to cost businesses a significant portion of annual revenue. Ultimately, people that partake in activities revolving around illicit substance abuse do not have a share in a positive group mentality; therefore, they must be systematically rooted out to Read more »