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re: Five years later, Colorado sees toll of pot legalization
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:19 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:19 pm to hawgfaninc
Who would have thought that legalizing a drug would have adverse consequences both financially and social services to it's city's and state.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:19 pm to Pelican fan99
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Do companies in Colorado still drug test their workers even though it’s legal now?
Do companies still have alcohol in their drug panels even though it has been legal during the whole tenure of drug testing?
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:20 pm to crispyUGA
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Georgia. Pot smells a lot better than a fricking chicken house.
Go to monroe and smell the paper mill
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:22 pm to hawgfaninc
Who cares, legalize the shite out of it.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:22 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:and
odor
quote:got worse?
homelessness
Can you imagine New Orleans with legal weed?
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:23 pm to Pelican fan99
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Do companies in Colorado still drug test their workers even though it’s legal now?
Yes. My company still test for all drugs including Marijuana.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:24 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:its cities
to it's city's and state
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:28 pm to crazy4lsu
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The numbers I looked at said it was an 8 percent increase, but regardless, during that same time span, Colorado's population increased from 5.17 to 5.68 million, and that population increase would be a more primary cause of an increase in homelessness, as that puts pressure on both infrastructure (which could account for an increase in traffic related deaths) and housing prices. I'm just very skeptical of any claim that marijuana legalization alone was responsible for the increase in homelessness when there are demonstrable increases in population and housing prices during the same period.
Yeah, it's dumb to act like legalization was the main culprit, but it's completely reasonable to think that individuals who are homeless would gravitate to states that have legalized marijuana.
Colorado's homeless individuals (those without children/families) increased 62% from 2013 to 2017. That's still a less than 3,000 person increase, but it's believable that may have stemmed from legalization. No state rose at a higher clip than Colorado during that timeframe.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:29 pm to hawgfaninc
It is funny how people bash legal marijuana but are totally ok with legal alcohol.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:31 pm to el Gaucho
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What does thc stand for?
Tuberculosis and Highly Carcinogenic
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:32 pm to Dire Wolf
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Go to monroe and smell the paper mill
See, now I grew up spending summers on St Simons Island and I could always tell that we were close to getting to the house when you could smell the Brunswick paper mill. I know it's supposed to smell bad, but it's a nostalgic smell for me.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:33 pm to slackster
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That's still a less than 3,000 person increase, but it's believable that may have stemmed from legalization.
It's more believable that there is a multiplicity of causes, such as housing prices, drug use, poor decision-making, and increased population in general.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Hey stupid. Only metabolites stay in your system. Active THC, you know, the stuff that gets you high, is gone in 4-6 hours. Try to educate yourself before posting and looking like an idiot.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:37 pm to hawgfaninc
WooHoo! States Rights!
I'm all for States Rights, however, if the actions of a state are recognized to cause budgetary issues which require increased federal funding to assist in the alleged crisis then the feds should just smile and wave and say, "It's a states issue."
My point being, why should people in a state that doesn't go against the grain be forced to pay for the actions of a state that does?
I'm all for States Rights, however, if the actions of a state are recognized to cause budgetary issues which require increased federal funding to assist in the alleged crisis then the feds should just smile and wave and say, "It's a states issue."
My point being, why should people in a state that doesn't go against the grain be forced to pay for the actions of a state that does?
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:39 pm to TGFN57
Boom
You seem to know, please check out my other post in this thread
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:40 pm to jdeval1
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I still support the freedom to smoke a plant if you choose. If it impacts your life than that's on you. We don't need a big government nanny state.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:41 pm to hawgfaninc
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the wafting odor of pot as they drive near warehouse grow operations along Denver freeways. Residential neighborhoods throughout Colorado Springs reek of marijuana
I'm failing to see the problem.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:43 pm to el Gaucho
Shouldn't we make alcohol illegal then? I don't smoke but I would much rather my daughter in college smoke pot than drink if she's going to get a buzz. It's safer and there is no arguing that.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:46 pm to stat19
States like Colorado support deadbeat states like Louisiana, so that's not an issue in this case
Posted on 2/12/18 at 12:46 pm to TheOcean
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Consequences of keeping marijuana illegal > consequences of legalizing marijuana
Not even close
very insightful post. Thank you for sharing.
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