In full disclosure, I am a Trustee for the Town of Lyons, a patient advocate member of the Department of Revenue’s (DoR) Medical Marijuana Working Group, I am a patient myself, a caregiver, and a current business license holder. At this time I have NO financial interest in any medical marijuana business. I write this as an individual member of these various communities. I don’t speak for the Board of Trustees (BoT), and I don’t speak for anyone else but myself.
It has been important to consider the mounting body of research demonstrating the multiple therapeutic benefits of cannabis use in this discussion. However, I would be remiss to not point out the areas of research that have proven that cannabis use, for the developing pre-teen and teenage brain is potentially dangerous.
Last November at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference, a Harvard Medical School researcher presented the results of a study that found that; “Young adults, who started smoking marijuana as adolescents or teens, had greater
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Arctic winds blew in six to nine inches of snow over the weekend, finally giving Lyons the look of a winter wonderland. Temperatures dropped into the single digits at night, but things should be warming up by the weekend.
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In full disclosure, I am a Trustee for the Town of Lyons, a patient advocate member of the Department of Revenue’s (DoR) Medical Marijuana Working Group, I am a patient myself, a caregiver, and a current business license holder. At this time I have NO financial interest in any medical marijuana business. I write this as an individual member of these various communities. I don’t speak for the Board of Trustees (BoT), and I don’t speak for anyone else but myself.
This week I want to provide the reader with some detailed information about cannabis research in the United States, and how cannabinoids work in the animal/human body.
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Perhaps area educators should be handing out more homework assignments these days, because some kids definitely have a little too much time on their
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In a special meeting on Monday night the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT), per regulations by the State of Colorado, adopted the Town’s budget for 2011. On