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Men’s Health Magazine recently published an article deeming Colorado Springs the drunkest city in Colorado, and the 16^th biggest drinking city in the nation. While this may sound like a bit of a lark, the prerequisites that went into qualifying a city are deadly serious. The Men’s Health article listed cities based on data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the highest death rates from drinking and driving, as well as drinking induced liver disease.

Men’s Health Magazine recently published an article deeming Colorado Springs the drunkest city in Colorado, and the 16^th biggest drinking city in the nation. While this may sound like a bit of a lark, the prerequisites that went into qualifying a city are deadly serious. The Men’s Health article listed cities based on data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the highest death rates from drinking and driving, as well as drinking induced liver disease.

There are a lot of foolish criminals out there. Here is a story that illustrates just how dumb drinking can make the average person. If you’re out drinking, please think before you get behind the wheel.

KKTV.com- Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, a Colorado Springs Police officer followed a 2010 Nissan Rouge into a cul-de-sac off of Circle Drive.

Rock Jam, the superstar annual music festival held in Grand Junction Colorado, has resulted in some of its attendees making a huge dent in the Colorado State Troopers’ expected yearly DUI quota. In a single weekend ten concert goers have been arrested and charged with DUI. While this may not be a wholly impressive number, it is worth noting that Colorado State Troopers expect 200 DUI arrests in the area for an entire year, so ten people is 5 percent of the year’s estimated DUI number.

Jay Mariotti a former Denver Post sports columnist was arrested for domestic violence last week, stunning family and friends.

What caught everyone by surprise was Mariotti’s reputation for calling out athletes for similar actions. In 2002 after NBA Star Jason Kidd was arrested for domestic violence Mariotti wrote:

In is widely known that Colorado is on the short list of states that allow for the sale and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes. But like most other progressive thinking states, Colorado's laws in regard to the use, distribution, and agriculture of medicinal marijuana creates a hazy, legal gray area for citizens and legislators alike.

A very interesting case came out of the Denver County Courthouse last week pitting members of the medical marijuana community against the Colorado’s district attorney’s office.

When we ask what the price is for receiving a Denver DUI, the word “price” can mean many things. Of course, there are the figurative costs. These can be your reputation, your emotional and mental well-being, your self-esteem, and a whole host of other detrimental attributes that come with the social  stigma of being convicted, or even charged, with a DUI.

You can be charged with a vast host of assault and battery charges under Colorado law. Like many other areas of the law, it can be a confusing legal zone, where there are degrees of different charges —2^nd, 3^rd,, harassment, domestic violence — and each can come with different penalties, ranging from anger management classes to years of time behind bars. Moreover, simply figuring out what conduct or behavior qualifies as which assault and battery charge can be difficult.

This is bit of old news that comes to us from the Denver Post. Though this information is from earlier in the year, it is definitely an applicable example of how crime labs can make mistakes and how  evidence can prove false. It is also indicative of the reasons for hiring a good Denver DUI lawyer, and what your DUI attorney can look for when representing you in a DUI case.