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John Ingold
John Ingold was a Denver Post reporter from 2000-2018.
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Large majority of Colorado students aren’t using pot — no matter what a Texas baseball coach thinks
A college baseball coach in Texas lost his job over an email he sent to a Colorado high school prospect about the state's marijuana laws, but he also whiffed on...

Trump wants to expand short-term health insurance plans. That could hit some Coloradans in the wallet, according to a new report
A plan from President Donald Trump to reduce the cost of health insurance for many Americans by allowing them to enroll in short-term plans would foist greater costs onto those...

FBI confirms ghastly details of investigation into Montrose funeral home and body parts broker
The FBI confirmed on Friday that it is investigating whether a Montrose funeral home paid by grieving families to cremate the remains of their loved ones instead returned to the...

Amid raging debate about gun laws, Colorado’s Health Department took to Twitter to offer an alternative
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urged the repeal of the federal Dickey Amendment to improve research on gun deaths, as a debate over the state's and nation's...

Do medical marijuana laws reduce opioid overdoses? A new study adds a layer of nuance.
A new study confirms that early medical marijuana laws were associated with lower opioid overdose death rates in those states, but it also finds that the trend didn't last.

Why Colorado’s health costs are so high, according to a new study
A new study highlights how Colorado officials will have to tackle multiple issues in order to lower the cost of health care in the state.

In the midst of an opioid crisis, Colorado’s largest drug treatment provider shut down: What went wrong at Arapahoe House?
After Arapahoe House, the state's largest treatment provider for drug and alcohol addiction, abruptly closed in January, its leaders blamed a lack of funding. But others saw a different problem.

A Colorado family expected to receive cremated remains of their loved one. Instead, they got concrete mix.
Colorado regulators have suspended the license of a Montrose funeral home that also hosts a connected business selling human body parts after investigating an incident where the funeral home was...

Federal budget deal tosses Colorado community health centers a lifeline — but not a very long one
A federal budget deal to end the government shutdown extended funding for community health centers in Colorado -- but still left their longterm future in doubt.

FBI searches Montrose funeral home and human body parts business
FBI agents on Tuesday searched Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors, a Montrose funeral home that shares and owner and a building with a broker of human body parts.