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Originally Posted by Razor
Or, perhaps just maybe, they are talking to law enforcement and medical professionals who have a different view of the situation:
"In 2014 and 2015, nearly $6 million in pot revenues have been distributed to local governments. But the cost of increased law enforcement, drugged-driving incidents, fatal crashes, loss of productivity and a huge spike in gang-related crime bring into question the cost-benefit of those dollars.
Teen drug-related school expulsions are also on the rise. And the notion that prisons filled with minor drug offenders would be relieved of overcrowding—a selling point of legalizing marijuana—has been blown to smithereens.
Denver’s homeless population has exploded since Amendment 64 went into effect. And there are indications that finite tourist dollars are going more to pot and less to Colorado’s iconic natural wonders."
http://www.newsweek.com/unexpected-s...ng-weed-339931 |
No doubt. It's going to have some impact. In my opinion, the benefits outweigh these things you point out. That's just me. Personally, I wouldn't have an issue if they pushed the recreational sale and use out to Manitou Springs (or elsewhere out of the state), I just hate to see something so beneficial for patients suffering from truly bad stuff be thrown out with the bath water. It's too easy to say ban everything which thankfully hasn't happened ... so far. But, point well taken.