Education
Denver dad: “Nobody thought about the kids”
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Katie Kerwin McCrimmon 2/5/2012 The call came last fall while the young single dad was at his construction job. A man advertises medical marijuana Feb. 2 on Leetsdale Drive, a few blocks from George Washington High School in southeast Denver.
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Special report: Marijuana and K-12 schools
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Nancy Mitchell 2/5/2012 A fever chart of drug violations reported by Colorado public schools would show a gradual decline beginning in 2001-01, a line dropping year by year.
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"Please, get a clue!"
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Ron Johnston 1/22/2012 The year that medical marijuana dispensaries were approved by the voters of Çolorado, drug-related school suspensions and expulsions rose by 40 percent. Despite numerous school and community sponsored drug education programs, drug use by adolescents of all ages has sharply increased with this law.
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Former student sues over strip search
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AP 1/21/2012 GREELEY - A former Greeley West High School student who says she was humiliated over a strip search has filed a $250,000 lawsuit against the school district.
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School officials say nearby dispensaries don't worry them
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RYAN MAYE HANDY 1/14/2012 A day after the U.S. Attorney of Colorado threatened 23 Colorado marijuana dispensaries with closure for being too close to schools, officials at five Colorado Springs schools said the dispensaries near them have posed no serious threat.
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Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Near Schools Will Have To Move
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CBS/AP 1/14/2012 DENVER - More letters will be mailed to medical marijuana dispensaries located near schools. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney John Walsh said 23 dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools have until Feb. 27 to shut down or face federal penalties, which can include asset seizure or forfeiture of property.
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Medical marijuana centers react differently to U.S. Attorney shut-down orders
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William Breathes 1/13/2012 Letters from the U.S. Attorneys Office telling medical marijuana centers they have 45 days to shut down or face prosecution went out yesterday. Some shops are already receiving their ultimatums in the mail.
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More federal MMJ enforcement on its way
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Bryce Crawford 1/13/2012 Update, 10:52 a.m., Friday, Jan. 13: We just spoke by phone with Judy Negley, co-owner of Indispensary, which operates a location near Palmer High School where her daughter also attends, who told us she has not received anything from Walsh's office.
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Gilbert to teach controversial class again
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Cory Lamz 1/9/2012 Arthur Gilbert, a tenured professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, will teach his controversial graduate level class, the Domestic Consequences of the Drug War, this spring, despite charges of sexual harassment which stemmed from allegations of misconduct in the class in April 2010.
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Let me in
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Sonja Bjelland 1/12/2012 Chaz Moore misses his friends and is bored at home. He hasn't been in a traditional public high school since February, when Harrison School District 2 administrators decided he couldn't attend classes after taking his physician-recommended medical marijuana.
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