‘Rocky Mountain High’ adopted as a state song

? Coloradans have a new state song: “Rocky Mountain High.”

Lawmakers passed a resolution Monday making the late John Denver’s love letter to his adopted state Colorado’s second official song.

The other state song? “Where the Columbines Grow.”

Sen. Bob Hagedorn, who pushed for the second tune, said some people believe the song is about drug use, but he disagreed. Hagedorn, who said he is a recovering alcoholic and serves on the board of the state’s largest drug treatment facility, said he wouldn’t promote a song that encouraged drug use.

The move came nearly 10 years after Denver died in a plane crash near Monterey, Calif.