Special Issues Marijuana
TL;DR
The City Council held a special meeting to hear from experts about marijuana's social impacts in Denver, covering youth effects, federal/state regulations, community impacts, and connections to poverty and homelessness. Four panelists presented research and answered councilmember questions, but no votes or decisions were made during this informational session.
Key Decisions
- No decisions or votes recorded Informational hearing only
Agenda
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- The following panelists gave introductory remarks on the social impacts of cannabis and answered questions from Councilmembers.
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- - Cannabis & Youth
- Christina Carlson, Executive Director, Urban Peak
- - Best practice in state/federal marijuana regulation, Impact of new federal administration
- Professor Sam Kamin, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Denver
- - Briefing: Cannabis impact on communities
- Professor Tim McGettigan, Professor of Sociology at CSU-Pueblo, member of Steering Committee Institute of Cannabis Research at CSU-Pueblo, and coordinator of a Pueblo County Cannabis Impact Study
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- - Cannabis impact on poverty and homelessness
- Professor Don Burnes, Founder, Adjunct Profesor and Scholar-in-Resident, Burnes Center on Poverty and Homelessness, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver
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