Surprise! Just a single drink can land drivers behind bars this holiday season. Why? Because Colorado has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the country, not to mention that police are ramping up DUI patrols for much of December.In fact, Colorado's "Holiday...
Month: December 2017
Teen pot use drops sharply in Colorado following legalization
Despite fears that teen marijuana use would spike after recreational marijuana was legalized under Colorado law, recently released federal data indicates that use among teens has not only dropped, but dropped significantly. According to the National Survey on Drug Use...
CDOT thinks personal breathalyzers can help prevent DUIs
Personal Breathalyzers might be the key to helping drivers avoid DUIs — or at least the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) thinks so.According to the results of CDOT’s 2017 Breathalyzer Program, only 9 percent of first-time DUI offenders who participated in...
Colorado DUI arrests up 18 percent during Thanksgiving crackdown
While holidays rarely go exactly as planned, many Coloradans had their Thanksgivings turned completely upside-down when they found themselves in the back of a police car instead of eating pumpkin pie.In fact, according to numbers recently released by the Colorado...