$80k in pot fines to go towards kids program in Pueblo

city hall. a new 2-year health department program in pueblo… is intended to keep kids off tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana. county commissioners voted to fund the 80-thousand dollar program in partnership with the city- county health deparment and pueblo city schools. the program uses facts to target middle school aged kids… to keep them from using the substances too early. county commissioner terry hart says the program is meant to teach them on a “real level”… “other programs have been tried before, they’ve been criticized as propaganda programs. children aren’t stupid, they see through it and these kind of programs are very factual and educational and they go right to the point. the money for the program came from a fine that was handed to one of the marijuana grows in the county. a