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    Psychedelic crisis training coming to first responders across Colorado

    Under decriminalization, Colorado residents can cultivate, possess, use and share psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms without fear of criminal consequences. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
    Training seeks to equip police and emergency medical professionals with harm reduction tools to reduce unnecessary arrests, hospitalizations
    Under decriminalization, Colorado residents can cultivate, possess, use and share psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms without fear of criminal consequences. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
    Students inspect a NARCAN, or Naloxone, training device during a drug education and prevention training from Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention from the Public Health Institute at Denver Health on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Environmental Learning for Kids in Denver. The training provided knowledge and resources about harm reduction and overdose response including how to properly use NARCAN. (Photo by Daniel Brenner/Special to The Denver Post)

    5 tips for how to talk to kids about drugs

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    Delta High School student Vivian Sprouse stands for a picture next to a mural painted on a wall inside the Delta Public Library in downtown Delta, Colorado on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Photo by William Woody/Special to The Denver Post)

    How Colorado teens are teaching each other about drugs

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    Students Aesha Masand, 15, left, and Giada Omlter, 17, participate in a NARCAN demonstration during a drug education and prevention training from Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention from the Public Health Institute at Denver Health Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Environmental Learning for Kids in Denver. (Photo by Daniel Brenner/Special to The Denver Post)

    From ‘Just Say No’ to Narcan: How drug education is changing in a modern world

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    May 4, 2026 at 11:58 a.m.
    Discussions about naloxone are becoming more commonplace in Colorado classrooms, as teachers seek to educate...
    A student fidgets with paper while participating in a drug education and prevention training from Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention from the Public Health Institute at Denver Health on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Environmental Learning for Kids in Denver. The training provided knowledge and resources about harm reduction and overdose response including how to properly use NARCAN, or Naloxone. (Photo by Daniel Brenner/Special to The Denver Post)

    Beyond sobriety: How teens are getting educated on drugs in Colorado

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    May 3, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    As drugs like cannabis and psychedelics have become culturally acceptable and legally accessible, schools have...
    Owen Richardson, 17, celebrates a recovery milestone with Keith Hayes, director of recovery, at 5280 High School in Denver on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. 5280 High School is billed as the nation's largest recovery high school, enrolling kids who experience substance abuse and addiction. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

    Colorado schools don’t have any standardized drug education, relying on patchwork programs

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    May 3, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    Instead of relying exclusively on abstinence-only models, many schools these days try to help students...
    Marijuana plants growing inside Flower Factory at Area 420  on April 20, 2022, in Moffat, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

    Federal medical marijuana rescheduling causes confusion in Colorado

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    April 24, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    The move also essentially splits the cannabis market in states that have legalized weed for...
    A medical marijuana plant

    Regulators issue strict warning to cannabis companies over money transfers, security and more

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    April 21, 2026 at 12:04 p.m.
    Marijuana regulators are warning the industry’s cultivators, manufacturers and sellers that it will investigate issues...
    Bad Apple Pets dog treats feature 5 milligrams of full-spectrum cannabidiol plus other ingredients my pup craves, like peanut butter, oats, oat bran, flax meal, eggs, honey and coconut oil. (Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post)

    These CBD dog treats are a staple in my pet pantry for surgery recovery and beyond

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    April 15, 2026 at 7:40 a.m.
    When it comes to finding the right cannabidiol (CBD) product for your dog, even experts...
    Giulliani Oscar, wearing a shirt designed to look like a marijuana leaf, Jacob Muñoz and Krystal Q enjoy themselves at the Mile High 420 Festival in Denver, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)

    Rap fans have two massive 4/20 concerts to choose from

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    April 6, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.
    Denver is preparing to host a rap battle of epic proportions, with two massive concerts...
    Vivid Minds Cafe owner Jeff Parton stands outside the cafe he owns with his wife Manon Parton in Denver on March 10, 2026. The coffee shop and cafe also has a licensed psychedelic healing center on the lower level.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

    Denver’s first microdosing cafe now offering psilocybin-assisted yoga, art and more

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    March 18, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.
    Vivid Minds Cafe is a public coffee shop by day with special “magic mushroom” experiences...
    Students work during a joint rolling class at Tetra Lounge in Denver on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

    Denver cannabis lounge fined $10,000 for unlawful activity during special events

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    February 20, 2026 at 7:00 a.m.
    A Denver cannabis lounge that was at risk of losing its license will remain open...
    Denver officials have found PolkaDot chocolate bars made with “magic mushrooms” for sale, illegally, at local gas stations, convenience stores, and vape shops. They recommend consumers not buy them and instead report them to local authorities. (Provided by City and County of Denver)

    Denver warns of illegal psilocybin chocolates for sale at gas stations, stores

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    January 20, 2026 at 12:21 p.m.
    Denver officials are warning consumers that they have found edible products made with psilocybin mushrooms...
    The witty and engaging "Human History on Drugs," by author Sam Kelly, explores how substance use and abuse shaped figures like Queen Victoria, Richard Nixon and Sigmund Freud. (Provided by Plume)

    This book about historical figures’ drug use is an intoxicating must-read

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    January 12, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
    Here's why "Human History on Drugs" is an intoxicating must-read.
    U.S. President Donald Trump displays an executive order with Howard Kessler (R) that Trump signed in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump signed the order reclassifying marijuana as a schedule III drug.  (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

    How Trump’s order to reclassify marijuana could affect Colorado’s industry

    By Tiney Ricciardi
    January 2, 2026 at 11:08 a.m.
    The largest effect of rescheduling would be that marijuana cultivations, dispensaries and manufacturers would pay...
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