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One Chance Launches New Pikes Peak Region 16 Opioid Abatement Council (ROAC) Educational Campaign in Colorado
This February, a vital new public education campaign arrived in El Paso...
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2025 Safer Banking Comments
The SAFE Banking Act will turbocharge marijuana commercialization before...
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One Chance Urges House to Pass Budget Bill with Critical Hemp Clarification to Protect Kids
DENVER, CO — One Chance to Grow Up, a national parent-focused nonprofit...
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2025 The Washington Examiner Opinion: Congress should close the hemp loophole and protect America’s kids
With overwhelming support, including from 39 attorneys general, there’s...
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2025 Congressional Letter to Close the Hemp Loophole
One Chance signed a letter along with 77 state & national groups on...
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2025 The Denver Gazette Perspective: From marijuana to mushrooms
Young people are the top users of psychedelics, and most use the drugs...
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2025 Washington Examiner Opinion:  Rescheduling Marijuana would be dangerously premature 
Rescheduling the plant itself, rather than the amount of active ingredients...
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2025 Washington Examiner Opinion:  Psychoactive ‘hemp’ is harming our youth – Congress must act
In 2018, Congress legalized industrial hemp with bipartisan enthusiasm....
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New Research Confirms: Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Endangers Fetal Health
The past few weeks have brought distressing developments regarding youth...
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Oklahoma Sees 2,529% Increase in THC Poisonings Among Children Under 5
Recent weeks have brought alarming developments concerning marijuana’s...
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Cannabis Users Under 50 Six Times More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks & Texas Takes A Bold Stand
As spring legislative sessions near their end, our mission to protect children...
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2025 One Chance Briefing
One Chance to Grow Up holds high-impact briefings on Capitol Hill
On March 13, 2025, One Chance to Grow Up held high-impact briefings on...
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How States are Working to Better Protect Kids
A lot is happening right now that has the potential to impact youth and...
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Study Confirms: Marijuana Ads Are Enticing Children to Try Cannabis
As marijuana legalization continues its spread across our nation, we’re...
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Colorado Senate Bill 25-076 | Protecting Youth from the Dangers of High-Potency THC
Over the past 12 years, One Chance to Grow Up has taken up the mantle of...
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Protecting Youth in America's Cannabis Policy Landscape
The past couple of weeks bring some concerning developments and some promising...
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"The Tea on THC" Campaign
We are excited to celebrate a groundbreaking new public health campaign...
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2024 The Denver Gazette Psychedelics pose grave new threat to Colorado kids
Commercialized psychedelic products are overseen by Colorado’s new “Natural...
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The Crisis Before Congress: SAFER Banking Act Needs Public Health Protections, Plus New THC Education Campaign and More.
As Congress enters its lame-duck session, we’ve been deeply concerned about...
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November Weekly Newsletter | Thanksgiving Edition
As we enter the holiday season, our mission to protect young people from...
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Opinion: Why marijuana rescheduling remains controversial
Washington Examiner Link By Diane Carlson 2024 Rescheduling Diane Op-Ed...
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2024 Washington Examiner Opinion: Why marijuana rescheduling remains controversial
At the core of concerns is a hazardous lack of clarity on how marijuana...
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Media Release: Colorado Department of Revenue would allow psychedelics in candy form in new draft rules
One Chance to Grow Up: Tastes Great! Less Protection for Kids?Colorado...
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2024 Rescheduling Comments
There is no scientific justification for rescheduling the marijuana plant...
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2024 The Denver Gazette Opinion: Protect Colorado kids from marijuana vape products
Among high school students who had used marijuana in the previous 30 days,...
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Media Release: One Chance to Grow Up: New Healthy Kids Colorado Survey results show there is still work to be done to protect youth from marijuana harms
DENVER – The just-released 2023 results from a bi-annual survey of Colorado...
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Major Win for Protecting Kids from Synthesized THC Products in the 2024 Farm Bill
We have incredible news to share with you! Yesterday, the U.S. House of...
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2024 Washington Examiner Opinion: Marijuana banking bill lacks much-needed clarity
Oddly missing is clarity on the products eligible to utilize SAFER’s expansive...
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2024 National Policy Statement on Hemp
The federal government has a responsibility to enact child safety measures...
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One Chance in the News: The first 10 years of legal marijuana in Colorado were a wild ride. What will happen in the next decade?
One Chance spokesman Alton Dillard is quoted in this article from the Denver...
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One Chance in the News: A look at one company's 10 years in Colorado's recreational marijuana industry
One Chance spokesman Alton Dillard was quoted in a portion of a One Chance...
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One Chance in the News: How Colorado’s marijuana industry has changed since legalization a decade ago
One Chance spokesman Alton Dillard was quoted in this article from FOX...
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