Pot is now No. 1 abused drug in Denver

“Street outreach workers in the report say the rise of marijuana use is due to the large influx of medical marijuana dispensaries coinciding with a diminishing stigma about smoking pot.

“It is alarming for us. I think there are major consequences and significant health impacts for any drug that is used or misused and abused,” Karla Maraccini said, the Director of the Office of Community Impact at Denver Human Services. “Not only does it [marijuana] release 400 chemicals when smoked, but especially on the developing brain, the developing body, there are impacts on … parts of the adolescent brain. It can be very detrimental to decision-making, it impacts rational thought.”

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