Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

[mrjarrell]

All the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth are over over now and, 6 months in we see the results of Colorado's experiment with legalised pot. No blood in the streets or chaos. Just lots of filthy lucre and a falling crime rate. They stand as an example for the rest of the country.

Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado - Mic

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

and a falling crime rate.

As a direct result of " the law " not prosecuting those with weed related offenses .

BUT , as everybody and their brother knows , weed is a gateway drug and soon violent crime will be on the rise as those folks who chose to partake in that devil drug simply won't be able to get high anymore and have to move on to the harder drugs allowing their lives to spiral out of control .

Those folks will wake up some day in some back alley or in a van down by the river wondering what happened to their lives as the po po is arresting them for living a chaotic , murder and crime filled existence .

Just wait and see , it'll happen .

 

[mrjarrell]

Murder rate's down, too. As for your contention that weed is a gateway drug, no-one agrees with you. If that were true we'd have millions of heroin addicts. And yet, we don't. That whole gateway nonsense was disproven years ago. Prohibition doesn't work and Colorado is living proof of that.

 

[seedubs1]

2ADMNLVR just spouts laughable nonsense. I'd like to see his research.

Murder rate's down, too. As for your contention that weed is a gateway drug, no-one agrees with you. If that were true we'd have millions of heroin addicts. And yet, we don't. That whole gateway nonsense was disproven years ago. Prohibition doesn't work and Colorado is living proof of that.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

It sounds purple in my head when I read it, or maybe that's due to the acid I got into because marijuana doesn't work for me anymore. Heh heh "livin' in a vayan down by the river."

 

[mrjarrell]

LOL.

 

[snapping turtle]

Payton Manning purchased most of the Denver based dominos pizza places. I would think pizza orders have increased quite a bit since legal pot surfaced.

High people don't normally fight like drunks do. So basic calls for assault have maybe gone down.

Then em again the number of people smoking pot has not gone up tremendously in Denver. It is just legal to do so now. Sure are sure to have seen some very first timers, some who have not do so since college or high school back in the ring. But on average the same people who were puffing the grass before it was legal are puffing the grass while it is legal.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Holy ****!! You don't mean to tell me that when colorado removed the revenue stream from violent criminals that crime went down!!

My whole world was just turned upside down.

 

[mrjarrell]

Holy ****!! You don't mean to tell me that when colorado removed the revenue stream from violent criminals that crime went down!!

My whole world was just turned upside down.

Yeah, ya know? You'd think this was a new happening or something!

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

It sounds purple in my head when I read it, or maybe that's due to the acid I got into because marijuana doesn't work for me anymore. Heh heh "livin' in a vayan down by the river."

Yeah I don't use purple much , I just figure most folks recognise sarcasm when they see it but I forget this is INGO.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

2ADMNLVR just spouts laughable nonsense. I'd like to see his research.

I'll have know I've not yet began to spout "laughable nonsense " . Don't make me bring Alex Jones into this!

 

[mrjarrell]

Yeah I don't use purple much , I just figure most folks recognise sarcasm when they see it but I forget this is INGO.

Damn it, man! It's too hard to figure these days. Have you seen the posts around here?

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Damn it, man! It's too hard to figure these days. Have you seen the posts around here?

I know right , me standing up for "the man" must have thrown some folks.

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, I did think that that it was a bit off for you. LOL

 

[JMoses]

Uhhh.....not so fast.

http://www.rmhidta.org/html/FINAL Legalization of MJ in Colorado The Impact.pdf

 

[mrjarrell]

Uhhh.....not so fast.

http://www.rmhidta.org/html/FINAL Legalization of MJ in Colorado The Impact.pdf

Umm....

Vol. 1/August 2013

Were they using a crystal ball? I think we can proceed.

 

[JMoses]

Crime was already steadily increasing because of pot. We'll see in a few years about how your Colorado utopia works out.

 

[ATOMonkey]

I lol'd at the ER reports of high kids.

The result in every case? Hours later, their symptoms improved. No kidding....

Also, the total number of auto accident deaths has declined since pot was made legal. Dramatically even. Sounds good to me.

 

[mrjarrell]

It seems to be working out fine, right now. Crime is down, murder is down and revenues are up. While I'd rather see decriminalisation and the state getting no money, we sometimes have to take what we can get. History has already proven what happens when you end prohibition and it's playing out the same in Colorado.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I'm fine with the legalization of marijuana, but 6 months is a bit early to start crowing one way or the other.