Posted on 04/29/2014 6:21:54 AM PDT by rktman
Colorado and Washington are the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. In my state of Colorado, Amendment 64 was passed by 55 percent of voters by ballot referendum last year and took effect on January 1 of this year. State government officials are giddy with the prospects of increased revenue from marijuana sales. Marijuana tourism is booming in Colorado, giving new meaning to “Rocky Mountain High.” Now, four months into this new experiment, it may be worth looking at some of the unintended consequences.
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In before the Paultards throw a little hissy fit.
I heard that Texas state troopers are lined up at the border of CO crossing into TX to write tickets and whatever. MaryJane is not legal in TX.
The only good coming out of Colorado and Washington’s legalization is the “living laboratory argument.”
You shouldn’t put much stock in whoever told you that.
Because Texas doesn’t border Colorado.
People moan about the astonishing increase in autism and learning disabilities of all sorts in American children. Yet it is rarely mentioned that over the last fifty years the use of marijuana, cocaine, barbiturates, amphetamines and other toxins has increased dramatically by people of child bearing age. The real cost of legalized marijuana in Colorado is yet to be seen.
“...Texas state troopers are lined up at the border of CO crossing into TX to write tickets …”
Good. I hope this is true. It’s good to quarantine these stoners in their own state. and it’s payback for the crumby way Texans are treated in CO.
I didn’t know that the Texas Highway Patrol had extraterritorial jurisdiction in New Mexico or Oklahoma. You would have to pass through both these states and Kansas to enter Texas. However, if you have Colorado plates, make sure you watch those speed limits.
I don’t think CO and TX share a border ...
I did not know that Colorado bordered Texas.
The nice thing is that Colorado and Washington get to be the guinea pigs.
The important part of the “Living laboratory argument”, is not the collateral damage, its the capitalist, price gouging, behavior of the legal pot dealers and the greedy government entities looking to cash in.
Funny isn't it that for many people Libertarianism comes down to dope, hookers, and open borders.
I heard that Texas state troopers are lined up at the border of CO crossing into TX to write tickets and whatever. MaryJane is not legal in TX.
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New Mexico and Oklahoma might take issue with that, given that it is they who border Colorado, not Texas.
And the Tx troopers find the Tx-Co border without pot?
I’ve crossed over that TX - CO border many times. It’s a bit out of the way and not easy to find, but it’s assuredly worth the trip. It truly is an amazing slice of America.
They’ll align themselves with the biggest statists on the planet who support every form of big government intrusion, just to have legal pot.
LOL. I’ve got a special assignment for you. It’s top secret. I want you to find the Co/Tx border and take a picture of it.
LOL! Just wondering about the drug sniffing pooches at DIA.
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