One argument for drug leagization that I always rejected was the one about how it would destroy the drug gangs.
Good. I support Colorado trying something new. That’s what Federalism is all about. One or two states try it, the rest should sit and watch for 5-10 years to see the effects.
These states that jump on the bandwagon because Colorado did it, we should too are idiots.
The full report is probably interesting and eye opening.
Sounds like a failed experiment.
It’s a Libertarian paradise.
Funny think happened on the say to nirvana...
Oh gosh who could have seen that coming?
I really do not care if anyone harms himself using drugs. I simply celebrate the fact that they were able go out doing what they wanted.
I resent the fact that my liberties are threatened because someone wants to be a junkie.
I don’t need the governments permission because want some heart medicine or something for a sore foot.
I don’t like how the government uses drug laws to enrich themselves using civil forfeiture laws.
Free people don’t need the government to replace personal responsibility. Just the opposite.
You think the LIVs are easy to control now? Wait until Ganga is legal everywhere. This is supported by the government, make no mistake about it.
Don’t blame Colorado for a federal issue.
The feds own the Mexican cartel issue, not Colorado.
I scanned through the very long report.
My first thought - I wonder if the legal alcohol industry funds any of these studies?
It would not surprise me if alcohol consumption goes down where ever marijuana consumption goes up.
That was certainly true in my life.
After getting stoned on marijuana, my alcohol consumption usually went to zero.
On the other hand, my chocolate milk shake consumption usually doubled or tripled!
Bogus stat based on the number of people testing positive in autopsies. Since the high lasts only hours but traces stay in the blood for weeks that says nothing about whether they were high or not. It only shows that more people are smoking pot, not whether they were high at the time of death.
Meh. It’s a study from a group that’s mostly against marijuana. If you read through the actual report, they don’t causate any of their terrible terrible world-ending stuff to marijuana. There’s not much comparison to similar cities with similar laws (aside from marijuana). Obviously a state that legalizes something is going to have that something be more prevalent in the populace in general, including minors. Obviously more people will ‘fail’ the drug test, because the substance they’re testing for is legal. Maybe they should start overlooking marijuana positives, and only bother if something happens during work? My job doesn’t care if I drink or smoke on off hours, that’s my time. Why should marijuana be different, if it’s not affecting their productivity or work performance?
And the worst part is their point about how schools and education stuff hasn’t gotten the big funding boost they were supposed to. Well guess what - if you look on page 21, Education had a ~$20M shortfall below what was expected. But surprise! Pot revenue to the general fund was ~$20M POSITIVE. That’s not low pot tax dollars - that’s the state using those tax dollars differently than they were supposed to.
Marijuana involved in vehicle accidents, deaths, crimes - of course as it’s legalized, more people will have some of it in their system at any given point. (And even longer, considering thc can be present in your system for days or even weeks after you’ve last imbibed.) How many of those accidents were actually caused by someone who was high? Versus just had a quick toke beforehand? How many of those ‘positive’ tests were actually just old stuff from a day or two ago, and those people weren’t even high at the time?
This study looks at some numbers, but doesn’t actually study much and seems to be mostly just theoretical conjecture trying to show that marijuana finally being re-allowed is bad.
Also, the FedGov shouldn’t be involved in this anyway, so all those comments and whatnot about how it doesn’t matter what the states do, are wrong. Period.
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