[Ken H]

"Worst of all, it leads to unemployment,..."

Says who? =>

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"...and, ultimately, leftist voting tendencies."

Nope. There was a definite shift away from democrats in 2014 =>

Colorado 2012 => House: 37D 28R; Senate: 19D 16R

Colorado 2014 => House: 34D 31R; Senate: 17D 18R

Source: http://ballotpedia.org/

[RaceBannon]

remember, people WHO GIVE UP LOOKING are taken off those rolls...

[Fightin Whitey]

"...there was a definite shift away from Democrats."

Are you saying you think that voters shifted toward Republicans because they were FOR legalized marijuana?

What are you smoking? lol....

[RC one]

correlation does not mean causation. Pot heads, like most other drug addicts, tend to be leftists, unemployable/underemployed, and largely non-functional. The shift away from Democrats can easily be explained by the gun control issue.

[DiogenesLamp]

Geeze, people will just keep trotting out the same old counterarguments.

Colorado has been the beneficiary of money and populace streaming out of Bat-Sh*t insane California. (As with Austin Texas, etc.)

I posted all the particulars on this the last time someone brought up this claim, but it really isn't worth my trouble to go find that stuff again.

What is happening in Colorado is a lot like an optimist falling off a building. Initially they say "So far so good."