http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9586&page=57
Posted on 10/15/2014 10:34:50 AM PDT by Wolfie
Colorado marijuana revenues hit a new high
New figures from the Colorado Department of Revenue show that recreational marijuana sales continued to climb in August, the most recent month for which data are available. Recreational sales totaled approximately $34.1 million in August, up from $29.3 million the previous month.
Medical marijuana also jumped sharply in August, after several months of flat or declining sales. Medical sales figures were just under the recreational total, at $33.4 million. One goal of creating Colorado's recreational marijuana market is to shift customers away from the medical market.
The numbers suggest that work remains to be done on that front. Part of the challenge is that medical marijuana is taxed at lower rates than recreational marijuana, leading to significant price differences.
Total tax revenues from medical and recreational marijuana continue to edge upward. The state took in about $7.5 million in revenues from both markets in August, or about $45 million year-to-date.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
But the funny thing, though many users are on welfare.
And the $60K question — why? Answer: because a lot of them are addicted to drugs.
Drug use = welfare. Welfare = drug use.
>> “The same sort of figures that are used to claim that pot is a ‘gateway’ also show that alcohol and tobacco are gateways.” <<
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But the people that want Pot to be a gateway use alcohol and tobacco....
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Not for me.
Are you nationwide?
Who says that [pot is not that harmful]? Not the state governments that have legalized it.
No just the people trying to justify the legalization.
I support legalization and I say the opposite.
I have heard many times that it isn't as bad for you as cigs and that is bs.
Can you prove that? The clinical and epidemiological evidence against tobacco is stronger than that against pot.
And don't be fooled, our children are hearing it too and a kid, wouldn't have tried it before, will try it now.
So the claim that it's not harmful is more widespread now than before? Can you prove that?
As are alcohol and tobacco - should those be banned to send a message to kids?
Well yes. Actually, it is banned for kids.
And so should pot be - and is in the states that have legalized it. Should alcohol and tobacco be banned for adults to send a message to kids?
After all it is “medical” and so it must be good for you.
Yeah, that's why kids are scarfing down blood pressure medicine and menopause hormones.
No doubt yes, if those meds gave a person a high
Irrelevant to your claim about kids using because of its medical properties.
But the people that want Pot to be a gateway use alcohol and tobacco....
They may think their personal experiences prove that those drugs are not gateways - overlooking the fact that most pot users also never go on to harder drugs.
Bigger than the government needed to (try to) enforce pot criminalization? I doubt it.
He lived for the drugs and he hocked everything he owned for that next hit. And the drug had less effect each time he used it.
Drugs are pretty insidious. They replace the desire to live. Why? Because they replace the very chemicals in the brain that make us want to live. That motivate us and that give us pleasure and gratification. Some of the drugs are very targeted and specific. It is very easy to see why someone would get addicted.
If you wanted to destroy a person, this is the perfect tool.
How many? And even if there is a correlation, how do we know it's not the welfare that causes the drug use - or that both being on welfare and using drugs are caused by a third factor such as a poor attitude toward life?
Recreational makes it sound like mountain climbing or biking. LOL yeah that sticky thick smoke has to be great for you.
Such a troll. No surprise that you are here advocating your immoral pro-dope views with your question/answers.
Wipe your chin, there. You got some Soros on it.
Such a troll. No surprise that you are here advocating your immoral pro-dope views with your question/answers.
Nonresponsive.
Only healthy activities can be recreational?
Here. I have a question for YOU.
Does George Soros provide you with knee-pads for your service? Or do you have to bring your own?
Never met the man. But I hear he wears shoes - so I guess you'd better stop wearing them.
Not even losertarians have a hard-on for drugs like you do.
Yes, you Drug Warriors are big on personal attacks - since facts and logic don't support your position.
Unless you only drink near-beer yes indeed you drink to get drunk. Maybe not blackout drunk, maybe just a bit tipsy, or just filing off the edges of life. But any level of inebriation is inebriation and therefore drunk. And the pot smoker can mange the same level of control of dose and dosage.
Defies logic. Please provide your stat. If there are 10 liquor stores within a few miles of my home versus one pot dealer downtown, liquor is going to be more available. That was my experience. The fact that I was underage was a minor inconvenience because legal adults provided what I needed.
> I support legalization and I say the opposite.
Good. Most every pro person I have talked has made some pretty ridiculous claims. Everyone needs to hear the truth. Especially kids.
> Can you prove that? The clinical and epidemiological evidence against tobacco is stronger than that against pot.
http://www.lung.org/associations/states/colorado/tobacco/marijuana.html
Tobacco vs. Marijuana
Like tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals. There are 33 cancer-causing chemicals contained in marijuana. Marijuana smoke also deposits tar into the lungs. In fact, when equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked, marijuana deposits four times as much tar into the lungs. This is because marijuana joints are un-filtered and often more deeply inhaled than cigarettes.
Marijuana smoke is also an irritant to the lungs, and frequent marijuana smokers can have many of the same respiratory problems experienced by people who smoke tobacco. These include coughing and phlegm production on most days, wheezing, bronchitis, and greater risk of lung infection.
> And so should pot be - and is in the states that have legalized it. Should alcohol and tobacco be banned for adults to send a message to kids?
No, punish the heck out of the adults you give it to kids. 10 year mandatory.
> Irrelevant to your claim about kids using because of its medical properties.
My claim is there is a lot of BS out there about it and the “medical” benefits. I have heard people claim that it cures cancer which, of course, is total BS.
http://www.casacolumbia.org/download/file/fid/640, question 44.
Can you prove that? The clinical and epidemiological evidence against tobacco is stronger than that against pot.
when equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked
ROTFL! How many pack-a-day pot smokers do you know?
frequent marijuana smokers can have many of the same respiratory problems experienced by people who smoke tobacco. These include coughing and phlegm production on most days, wheezing, bronchitis, and greater risk of lung infection.
But note the absence of emphysema and lung cancer from this list.
And so should pot be - and is in the states that have legalized it. Should alcohol and tobacco be banned for adults to send a message to kids?
No,
Agreed. Should pot be banned for adults to send a message to kids?
punish the heck out of the adults you give it to kids. 10 year mandatory.
Ditto.
Irrelevant to your claim about kids using because of its medical properties.
My claim is there is a lot of BS out there about it and the “medical” benefits.
And some truth - and no evidence that either influences kids to smoke pot.
Interesting. I didn't see anything about their sampling, demographics, family income, etc. I didn't have time to read it. Good link, though. Thanks.
“Nationwide” is a broad brush. It certainly isn't that common in my current neighborhood nor was it the case in the 70s when I grew up.
Then again, it is probably pretty common in the poorer sections of the city. Maybe they only interviewed kids from those areas? I'll read it more tonight.
> ROTFL! How many pack-a-day pot smokers do you know?
You obviously missed the point. You DON'T HAVE TO SMOKE MJ AS MUCH to get the same exposure. Actually you only have to smoke it 1/4 the amount — four cigs versus one joint, 8 cigs versus two joints.
> But note the absence of emphysema and lung cancer from this list.
Lung cancer — Wrong.
“There are 33 cancer-causing chemicals contained in marijuana.” See this exactly what I am referring to — people are misleading the public. And especially kids.
> And some truth - and no evidence that either influences kids to smoke pot.
No, except the perception and misleading information that may “encourage” someone to use. “After all, it isn't that bad for you.” “Doesn't cause cancer.” “There are actual health benefits from smoking it.” Kids hear these statements and are too dumb to know for themselves.
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