- Police across Colorado questioning whether youths are using marijuana less
- Published December 22, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Some Colorado police chiefs and sheriffs shift attitudes toward recruits' past marijuana use
- Published December 18, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- 13 Sweet Leaf budtenders swept up in Denver police raids
- Published December 15, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- in Overland, Sunnyside, West Highland, University Hills, Five Points, Globeville, Northeast Park Hill
- Police raid eight Sweet Leaf Marijuana Center locations in Denver and Aurora
- Published December 14, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- in Overland, Sunnyside, West Highland, University Hills, Five Points, Globeville, Northeast Park Hill
- Denver Crime Blotter: Men chase, hold alleged vandal until police arrive
- Published November 28, 2017
- and filed under motor vehicle theft, drug and alcohol crime
- in Westwood, CBD, City Park West, University Hills
- Spike in felony crimes has Colorado prosecutors pushing back against sentencing, parole reforms
- Published November 22, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime, violent crime, sexual assault
- Denver Crime Blotter: Police bust two men selling nearly 100 pounds of marijuana
- Published November 20, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime, motor vehicle theft
- in Sun Valley, East Colfax
- "Gutter Punk Crew" indictment: 99 counts for nineteen people include car theft and burglary in Denver
- Published October 9, 2017
- and filed under motor vehicle theft, bicycle theft, drug and alcohol crime, burglary
- in CBD, Union Station, Five Points, Highland, North Capitol Hill
- DARE gets a modern makeover, but Denver schools aren't convinced it works
- Published October 4, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Denver man who shot teens as they stole his marijuana sentenced to 80 years in prison
- Published October 4, 2017
- and filed under homicide, assault, drug and alcohol crime
- in Whittier
- More than five percent of all arrests in U.S. are for weed
- Published September 26, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Colorado attorney general and counterparts widen probe into opioid manufacturers and distributors
- Published September 19, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Feds disrupt meth pipeline from Mexico to Denver and Wyoming
- Published August 29, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Denver Police Blotter: Man pepper sprayed during attempted apartment robbery
- Published August 29, 2017
- and filed under burglary, drug and alcohol crime, assault
- in Windsor, Five Points, West Colfax
- Are you high? The science of testing for marijuana impairment is hazy, and evolving
- Published August 25, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime, dui
- Exclusive: Traffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame?
- Published August 25, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime, dui
- Denver man selling meth and cocaine from taco truck convicted in federal court
- Published August 24, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Suspected drug dealer abandons infant in car while fleeing police in Denver
- Published August 23, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Denver man convicted of murder in shooting death of teen raiding his marijuana grow
- Published July 31, 2017
- and filed under homicide, assault, drug and alcohol crime
- in Whittier
- Marijuana dispensaries decrease crime, not increase it, study finds
- Published July 18, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Denver police bring new focus to downtown library amid spike in drug use, illegal activity
- Published July 7, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- in Civic Center
- Commons Park's "Stoner Hill" no longer fits the name, and Denver riverfront residents hail the change
- Published July 2, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- in Union Station
- Massive marijuana bust dismantles illegal trafficking ring in Denver metro area
- Published June 28, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Koch network to Trump administration: "You are never going to win the war on drugs. Drugs won."
- Published June 25, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Why it’s so hard to define where you can legally smoke pot in Colorado
- Published May 18, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Colorado to spend $1 million to continue fight against opioid abuse
- Published May 18, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Job applicants failing drug tests for marijuana and other drugs at highest rate in 12 years
- Published May 17, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Edibles company implicated in Colorado murder lawsuit isn’t covered, insurer says
- Published May 9, 2017
- and filed under homicide, drug and alcohol crime
- in University Park
- 17 indicted in alleged Denver metro meth-cocaine ring with Mexican ties
- Published April 20, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Colorado law enforcement officers reverse two opiate overdoses per day, on average
- Published April 6, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- 16 people indicted in massive home-grown marijuana operation across Denver area
- Published March 17, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- Denver's Central Library sees 6 drug overdoses since Jan. 1
- Published March 16, 2017
- and filed under drug and alcohol crime
- in Civic Center
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