Denver’s medical marijuana conundrum seems a perfect extension of lessons government and the people might take from the current health care reform debacle gripping the nation’s attention. Politicians will cover their backsides, and few patients will really get what they need out of the eventual deal. The half-baked approach taken by lawmakers and city council [...]
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Medical Marijuana Use Legal, but Jobs at Stake
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado, Health, Uncategorized
Tags: Denver·Medical Marijuana
9News Stokes Anger, Feeds Perceptions that Poor People Should Eat Like . . . Poor People
August 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Colorado, Media, Poverty
9News ran a special investigation last night on abuses in the use of Colorado food stamps. The companion article states “9NEWS is presenting both sides of the story so readers can make their own judgments.” Unfortunately, the channel’s hype undercuts any appearance of impartiality objectivity. [Late revision--Ed.] That the station relied on a single, unnamed [...]
Pelosi, DeGette, Polis at Stout Street Clinic
August 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Health care reform
The thing I wasn’t prepared for was the enmity. Demonstrators on both sides of the health care reform debate met at the corner of 21st and Broadway yesterday, but not to hash out differences or come to any new understanding of the issues at hand. Those lots have already been drawn.
John Tomasic gets it right [...]
