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Tagged: Colorado

Colorado Pot Law

7:28 am

Fri March 1, 2013

Colorado Marijuana Task Force Makes Recommendations

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A Colorado task force has created recommendations for the state's regulation of recently-legalized marijuana.

By Ben Markus

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's task force on recreational marijuana wrapped up it’s work last night. We now have a better idea of what the industry will look like, who can buy marijuana, and how to protect kids. That is: if the recommendations are adopted by the State legislature. Colorado Public Radio’s Ben Markus reports.

3:55 am

Fri July 20, 2012

Real-Life Horror: Many Killed, Dozens Wounded At Colorado Movie Theater

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Two women mourn near the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colo., where a gunman opened fire during the opening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.

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A police officer outside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., early today after the shooting rampage.

Credit University of Colorado Denver

The photo of James Holmes released by the University of Colorado Denver.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 10:17 pm

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Steve Inskeep speaks with witness Chayyiel Jackson

A midnight screening of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises turned into a horribly real scene of death and destruction in Aurora, Colo., early Friday when a gunman opened fire on the audience killing 12.

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