More horrible consequences of Colorado's marijuana legalization

But it's baaad.

How long ago did the law take effect? 8 months or so?

It sounds to me like they hired the Climate Change crowd to do some "modeling" for the marijuana proponents.

I'd think that you'd need a longer time frame before you started making some of these definitive statements. But that's just me.

I am very interested to see the financial haul that Colorado takes in by the taxes on weed, the reduction in spending for enforcement/ prosecution/ and incarceration, along with the crime data. I really think that if they can show where the state is now going to be at a major profit, it will open up law makers eyes...

im all for pot being legal but does anyone really believe there is a correlation between that and the murder rate dropping SIXTY percent?

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More horrible consequences of Colorado's marijuana legalization

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1-So-called edibles are being blamed for an increase in the number of pot-related emergency room visits, including those from a half-dozen or so children who unknowingly ate pot-laced treats.
2-The baked goods and candies also are believed to have played a role in two deaths in the past two months.
3-A college student visiting from Wyoming jumped to his death from a Denver hotel balcony in March after consuming six times the recommended dose of a pot-infused cookie.
4- a Denver man is believed to have shot and killed his wife after eating pot-laced candy
5-As long as legal weed is more expensive than its tax-free illegal stuff, there will always be a black market.
6-Many of these potential wrinkles hinge on the fact that officials simply don’t yet have the data to tell what is a problem and what isn’t.

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5 pros

Im sure there are at least 5 cons.

I'm for legalization, but tying some of these statistics to recreational marijuana is extremely tenuous.

I'd be for legalization even without these results though because it's none of the government's business what adults do that harms no one else.

I wish the government minding its own business was enough to justify it

If more studies can point to positive effects (and I'm talking about actual comprehensive studies), it would go a long way to swaying recalcitrant people and legislatures, though.

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More horrible consequences of Colorado's marijuana legalization

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I hate simpleton associative BS like this.
60% fewer homicides relates to cannabis legalization, how?

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because it's none of the government's business what adults do that harms no one else.

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-So-called edibles are being blamed for an increase in the number of pot-related emergency room visits, including those from a half-dozen or so children who unknowingly ate pot-laced treats.
3-A college student visiting from Wyoming jumped to his death from a Denver hotel balcony in March after consuming six times the recommended dose of a pot-infused cookie.
4- a Denver man is believed to have shot and killed his wife after eating pot-laced candy