Posted on 09/15/2019 11:51:37 AM PDT by NobleFree
The thread article referenced a study done and published.
It read:
”The results imply that an additional dispensary in a neighborhood leads to a reduction of 17 crimes per month per 10,000 residents, which corresponds to roughly a 19 percent decline relative to the average crime rate over the sample period……
It may reduce crime, but only in the illegal sales and production of marijuana areas. But if the other crimes are going to increase, there isn’t any connection to the determination of allowing the drug to be legal to lower crime amounts that have increased as the headline leads people to think.
According to the Denver Post, Denver’s violent crime rate is rising faster than any other large city in the country. “Several categories went up without any clear identifiable cause with the largest rise in violent crime rate last year compared to other large cities.”
So how can they say there is less crime in the state when there is more, factually more than any other city in increase in the country? Article is a lie.
rwood
Testosterone levels fell to record lows...
Exactly.
So how can they say there is less crime in the state
Nobody said that.
Whose business is that? (Probably would mean less violent crime.)
Here was the question: Are you implying that legalization of meth is a conservative cause?
Here was your response: “I’m stating that growing government and ignoring the Constitution to “benefit society” is not a conservative cause. “
Why are you running away from the question?
Well, since you asked nicely, I will.
Here was your response: “I’m stating that growing government and ignoring the Constitution to “benefit society” is not a conservative cause. “
The clearly implied answer to your asinine question was "no".
Why are you running toward big government and ignoring the Constitution?
well they say that laughter IS the best medicine.
Now how did I know you would go there? LOL
Lol.. a colorado study? Yeah, thats credible. They will never tell the truth until the money stops.
Is it possible that police security is better around those shops?
I'm for freedom that doesn't infringe on my life or finances. I don't want to subsidize people who aren't self-sufficient. I'm concerned about indications that Fake Memory Syndrome is real, and it's worse with pot smokers. I don't want to be affected by a world of zombies who pretty much accept stuff without getting involved in any process that pushes back against the system, when necessary.
Like alkies, and the morbidly obese? What is the conservative response to taxpayer subsidization of those persons - ban alcohol and establish a Diet Police?
“The clearly implied answer to your asinine question was “no”.
OK. But you said government has no jurisdiction over drugs yet you are in favor of their jurisdiction over meth. Last I heard meth was classed as a controlled drug?
“Why are you running toward big government and ignoring the Constitution? “
In what way?
Yeah. Insurance should be for catastrophic situations. People who can't afford a lot should be given a low-cost option from a clinic, based on ability to pay. The US is getting to a point where healthy people are impoverished so that unhealthy people are given medical treatments that society can't afford.
The punchline to an old joke comes to mind: “Too lazy to steal”
“Written by researchers at the University of Colorado, Oregon and Montana State University, the paper was published in 2013 in the Journal of Law & Economics.”
LOL! Wondering what they are saying now since traffic deaths up significantly in CO since legalizing marijuana?
Increasingly potent levels of marijuana were found in positive-testing drivers who died in crashes in Front Range counties, according to coroner data since 2013 compiled by The Denver Post. Nearly a dozen in 2016 had levels five times the amount allowed by law, and one was at 22 times the limit. Levels were not as elevated in earlier years.
Last year, all of the drivers who survived and tested positive for marijuana use had the drug at levels that indicated use within a few hours of being tested, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation, which compiles information for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/colorado-marijuana-traffic-fatalities/
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