[AzNASCARfan]

Yeah I agree... reads like a bunch of crap to me... My mom and step dad lived up on the mountain out of Durango along the train route to Silverton, until he passed a few years ago. We could see the Rockwood station from their house and every train up and down the mountain every day. I have not been there since they legalized, Had never been there before, but I saw everything mentioned in this article every trip I made from the late '90s on, its nothing remotely new.

And trying to blame a harmless plant God put on this earth for our use, geez, How did mankind survive and flourish all these years until we criminalized a natural plant in 1937?? Cant believe all these comments on this thread sound like they are coming from a bunch of brain washed government educated fools.... REEFER MADNESS, REEFER MADNESS! But, no problem with a few drinks after work every night right?? I keep seeing these daytime talk shows and even news segments getting in on the mixed drink fad... continually showing them making and drinking all these mixed drinks. Pushing alcohol on daytime TV when we know it kills thousands of people every year both directly and indirectly.

[NobleFree]

How did mankind survive and flourish all these years until we criminalized a natural plant in 1937??

LOL! Moralistic statist "conservatives" are very selective in their recognition of the limits of government power.

[TheStickman]

Best post of the thread!!!

[Regulator]

Yeah. Without getting into the legalization debate, I just laughed when I read the article and thought, “sounds like Durango like it has been for a few decades”.

The writer has probably never heard the term “Trustafarian”. Telluride is where the term was probably coined. The dreadlocked thimblewits in Durango are just the ones with smaller trust funds.

Ho hum. It’s a mountain town, not as gentrified as Aspen or Park City has become. The twirps are there because they can afford to be.

As soon as legalized recreational pot gets going in California, they’ll all stay here (it’s warmer). Should thin the herd in places like Durango...

[beaversmom]

I agree. I saw hippie/pre-hipster elements there in the 90s. I don’t believe Durango has suddenly gone to pot because of pot.

[laplata]

Well said! Thank you.

[wardaddy]

Exactly

This is a boozer forum

Check out late night posting

They all detest weed but almost none have ever done anything but drink and smoke cigs and eat too much

[Mr Rogers]

“And trying to blame a harmless plant God put on this earth for our use, geez, How did mankind survive and flourish all these years until we criminalized a natural plant in 1937?”

Long ago, the lazy bums died of starvation...so I blame FDR. And LBJ.