Good morning, folks! It’s already Thursday! That’s something to celebrate, right? We’ve got a lot to go over today, so let’s get started. But first …
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DEA doubles down against marijuana
“This decision isn’t based on danger. This decision is based on whether marijuana, as determined by the FDA, is a safe and effective medicine and itap not.”
DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, talking to NPR
After months of speculation, the Drug Enforcement Agency (where it currently hangs out with ) to Schedule II (with stuff like cocaine, morphine, fentanyl, meth, oxycodone, etc.). The filings also flatly reject the medical use of marijuana (angering the millions of people in the country who use it as medicine right now) while making a small move to allow more entities to cultivate marijuana for research. over at has been following this story and will update it all day, .
Where’s Missy?
“I just kind of reset, talked to my mom and refueled. Calling your Mom and crying. Asking for advice. There’s no one thatap a better therapist than your mom.”
Missy Franklin
What good is a gold medal when it feels so hollow? Colorado’s Missy Franklin, four years removed from her five-medal performance in London, helped the American 4×200-meter freestyle team in the prelims (so she will get a medal), but was benched for the final . Mark Kiszla talked to Missy about the race and her career and has one conclusion: .
+ Don’t forget, we’ve got and .
Finding homes for the homeless
“I don’t think itap an exaggeration to say it saved my life. I wasn’t exactly trying to kill myself, but I wasn’t putting any effort into caring, either.”
Lyle “L.C.” Moomaw, one of the formerly homeless who found housing with a Denver program
L.C. Moomaw was hiding vials of insulin in 7-Eleven refrigerators just to survive, and now he’s one of 131 formerly homeless people who have been housed by . While that’s undoubtedly a good thing, the other side of the homelessness problem in Denver is the increase in “sweeps” and “street checks” that advocates say are making life much more difficult for the remaining population. .
By The Numbers
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That’s how much your clipped coupons used to be worth at King Soopers. But the grocery giant announced yesterday that starting Aug. 23, t, instead hoping you’ll download their app and use digital coupons. That rushing water sound you’re hearing is the collected tears .
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Quick Hits
+ Austin James Wilkerson — who was convicted of raping an intoxicated girl he said he was taking care of while a student at CU Boulder — won’t spend a day in prison after a judge sentenced him to only 2 years work release and 20 years probation.
+ A second Colorado man has .
+ Also in Syria, activists say that airstrikes targeting the Islamic State .
+ Rockies phenom David Dahl pulled off some impressive feats early in the eighth inning, but that .
+ Even though industrial space is at a premium in Denver, a local development company thinks that .
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+ If you’ve been watching beach volleyball, you might be wondering exactly what that weird tape is all over their bodies. .
+ Not surprising: , but they’re almost all luxury units.
+ Well, because that would get confusing.
+ The hits keep on coming: Chipotle was ordered to .
+ Remember ? The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, .
+ The Planned Parenthood shooter .
+ Do something with an old fur coat: .
+ ???? A hospital in Colorado Springs , an investigation found.
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What We’re Reading
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+ It shouldn’t need this kind of policy, but it’s finally .
+ This is something I never worried about until I read this headline (but at least I’m prepared now): ““
+ Chances are and is just there to make you feel better.
+ This extremely soothing is a good thing to keep around when you need a few minutes of calm during your day.
Hat Tips & Corrections
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Song of the Day
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Artist: Night Beats, who you can see with local heroes Colfax Speed Queen for (curated by the Underground Music Showcase).
Sounds like: Somewhere between surf rock, garage rock and a little bit of the Monkees.
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