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Colorado Springs Gazette


Colorado Springs Gazette

Pot, booze profited from the pandemic

news outletColorado Springs Gazette
Publish DateApril 07, 2023

You see, both Polis and Hancock argued it was necessary to keep liquor and pot stores open to prevent people addicted to alcohol and marijuana from suffering withdrawals and heading to hospitals, where COVID patients were being prioritized. Notably, their decision backfired because more people began drinking more heavily during the pandemic. “There’s a lot of drinking out there right now,” said Dr. John Burton of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in February 2021. “As a consequence, places like liver centers and hospitals are already seeing more people coming in.”

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Colorado Springs Gazette

Meth contamination around Colorado Springs: It could be everywhere

news outletColorado Springs Gazette
Publish DateFebruary 24, 2023

The substance turns into a sticky residue that spreads when it’s touched, remains on surfaces for “a long time” and is slow to dissipate, said Mike Van Dyke, an industrial hygienist and associate professor at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

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Colorado Springs Gazette

CU Anschutz Medical Campus Positions Itself as the 'Mayo Clinic of the West'

news outletColorado Springs Gazette
Publish DateSeptember 30, 2019

As the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus positions itself as a world-class research facility, the “Mayo Clinic of the West,” the world is about to find that out. Researchers on the 230-acre campus in Aurora are the focus of the first national marketing campaign aimed at major TV, radio and digital outlets, as well as documentary-style videos on websites dedicated to showing off the innovative work.

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Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado School of Public Health Gets to Study Toxic "Forever Chemicals" in Southern El Paso County

news outletColorado Springs Gazette
Publish DateSeptember 27, 2019

The Colorado School of Public Health will receive at least $1 million to begin studying the health effects that toxic “forever chemicals” have had on 1,300 children and adults living in Security, Widefield and Fountain.

The research team was among six selected across the nation for the federally funded study — a first-of-its-kind effort to understand the diseases caused by exposure to perfluorinated compounds through drinking water.

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Colorado Springs Gazette

Outgoing El Paso County public health director: Money not matching needs

news outletColorado Springs Gazette
Publish DateAugust 26, 2018

Public health funding across the nation has been “chronically” underfunded for decades, said Dr. Jonathan Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. Public health spending accounts for only a fraction of health care spending in the U.S. — topping out at 3.2 percent in 2002, before falling to 2.7 percent in 2014, according to a study published in 2016 in the American Journal of Public Health.“We spend only a few percent of what we spend on health care on public health,” Samet said. “And if you think about it, given the burden of preventable disease, there’s a lot to be gained.

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