Posted on 08/03/2013 12:12:48 PM PDT by Red Steel
DENVER — The amount of illegal marijuana from Colorado and seized elsewhere quadrupled in the past few years, according to a report by a network of law enforcement organizations.
The report found that in 2012, there were 274 seizures where the marijuana was destined for other states. In 2005, the number was 54.
The most common destinations for the marijuana were Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Texas.
The size of the seizures also increased. From 2005 to 2008, the total average number of pounds seized was 2,220. From 2009 to 2012, it increased to 3,937.
Most of the marijuana came from Denver, Boulder and El Paso counties, the report found.
The report also found an increased number of people trying to mail marijuana through the U.S. Postal Service. In 2010, the Postal Service seized 15 packages with marijuana headed out of state. In 2012, they seized 158.
The report was written by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a network of law enforcement organizations in four western states that share information on drug-running patterns.
The report is preliminary and comes from data gathered by the Department of Justice’s El Paso Intelligence Center. The center relies on law enforcement agencies to voluntarily report seizure information.
In addition to the marijuana seizure statistics, the report includes data on adult and teen use of marijuana, emergency room visits and fatal crashes related to marijuana. The report found increased levels in all these groups.
The report does not cover 2013, the year in which small amounts of marijuana became legal for adult consumption in Colorado. In 2000, Colorado legalized marijuana for medicinal use.
Advocates for marijuana legalization have long argued that legalizing pot would actually decrease black market diversion by creating a regulated industry.
“I was in Sang Bang, Dang Gong “
They sound like loud places.
Ironically those are all states where it would grow better than in CO.
Wait....how can it be illegal weed when it’s legal
in Colorado??? Oh right, smugglers avoiding
the tax men.
I always wanted to buy a marijuana tax stamp.
Just to have one. Yes, of course.
ding dong is what the smokers turn into after a visit to Hong Cong!
It makes my heart glad to see Americans make the money instead of murderous Mexican cartels. The war on drugs is a fascist farce that has stiles our rights, militarized our police, made drug dealers rich, and not done one damn thing to reduce drug use.
I say legalize it and tax the living crap out of it. It is probably less harmful than tobacco, as we get it in cigarettes. I smoke neither, so I don’t give a rip.
The “God Bless” phrase is mandatory.
For that final touch at the top of the sign in red crayon ——— “________ War Vet”. (You add the particular event.)
You will see potheads bring their kids to the pot festivals for the same reason as the gays bring their kids to the raunchy pride parades. Recruiting and corrupting the kids.
These people should never be trusted.
What exactly are you doing at a pot festival? Research?
Video on the news
Yep, and the cartels use age old mafia tactics to ensure they reap the profits.
You can't smell a thing over the internet. Impossible.
I’d rather deal with the Coloradans than the Zetas.
Just legalize it. And stop the civil asset forfeiture nonsense, too.
“Oh right, smugglers avoiding
the tax men.”
Mercy, they need those tax’s. They can never get enough, it’s like their addicts... Oh wait.
Are there rehabilitation/treatment centers for their addiction?
There is one on every corner and some in the middle
of the block.
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