re: Five years later, Colorado sees toll of pot legalization

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Its intellectually dishonest.

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The whole debate is. They are doing the same thing with traffic statistics. 33 percent of all traffic related fatalities were due to alcohol. In 2017 that was more than 200 people. The rate of alcohol related fatalities has seemingly stayed the same since 2002, and in that period the number of deaths still hasn't reached the numbers it did between 2002 and 2004, which again points to another cause. During the period of legalization, Colorado's population grew from 5.17 million to 5.68 million, which I think, if I did my math right, is a growth of more than 9 percent. Isn't a more likely cause of traffic related fatalities the population growth, and the pressure it puts on existing infrastructure, rather than marijuana legalization?