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Newly-released data shows the majority of Colorado’s youth are participating in healthy behaviors and that marijuana use among school-aged children has not significantly changed since legalization. The data comes from the bi-annual statewide Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) conducted last year with more than 100,000 students participating. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) released the results of the survey Monday. The survey shows marijuana use among school-aged kids has stayed relatively flat since legalization, but the way kids are using marijuana has changed. In 2019, 20.6% of youth said they use marijuana compared to 19.4% in 2017....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man who owns a string of adult novelty stores from Missouri to Utah was sentenced to 30 days in jail Monday for selling a sexually explicit video to a minor who had been sent into the shop by police. John Haltom, 36, of Lincoln, Neb., was also fined $2,000. Haltom was convicted in March of selling the video to the 17-year-old daughter of a police official. She had been sent into Doctor John's Lingerie and Novelty Boutique in suburban Midvale. Haltom's sentencing had been delayed until he finished a jail term on obscenity...