[kosciusko51]

Here we go again...

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Color me stunned.

[grania]

I have a serious question. Are the effects of marijuana increased in high-altitude environments? Does it slow down response time? Because if that’s the case, CO would be about the worst place to legalize marijuana.

[Veggie Todd]

Elections have consequences.

[Uncle Miltie]

If the author has so many excellent data points, why doesn’t he use the absolute number instead of the relative change?

If there used to be a whopping TWO mary-jane related fatalities and it increased to FOUR, that would be a 100% increase from danged near nothing to still nothing.

I suspect he’s embarrassed by the paucity of his counts, otherwise, he’d use them.

[chris37]

Whether it is legal or illegal has no bearing at all on whether or not people use it or do not use it.

It is always there regardless of its legality.

People choose to use it or choose to not use it for their own reasons.

If a any given person has this personal demon, then that person will have to battle that demon on his own. Wether or not that battle is won or lost is entirely up to that person and God.

Laws cannot save people from themselves.

[Fungi]

It was never about the “medical” aspect as in California, it was about getting high. I know people who are stoned on grass 24 hours a day. I see young high school students smoking pot while waiting for a bus, oblivious to anyone and unashamed. I see people smoking behind gas stations while waiting for their tank to fill, so anticipating the buzz, they cannot smoke the joint fast enough. There are strains that have the “medical” ingredient without giving the user the buzz but it is rejected by proponents, it is the buzz they crave. I could go on but I will not waste my time just as grass is a waste of time and a life.

[South40]

[Bryanw92]

>>have gone up 100 percent

Is that 2, up from 1?

Percentages without numbers are lies 80% of the time. </sarc>

[oldbrowser]

Perhaps people are also aware of new scientific studies pointing to the inherent dangers of marijuana

Have Alcohol related DUIs, etc. showed a corresponding drop?

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Pot-Positive Traffic Fatalities Up 100% in Colorado"

Typically, this kind of statistic means the total number went from 1 to 2, and that it was a passenger that tested positive.

[Secret Agent Man]

if drugs/drug users truly affected only themselves, i’d say let em do it.

but they don’t. we are not living in some fantasy libertarian vacuum where the negative personal acts of someone only affect that person and nobody else.

and the law of unintended consequences has killed more people than i’ve got nickels.

[moehoward]

Only 100%? So did Cheech or Chong collect the stats.

[TexasFreeper2009]

anyone with half a brain knew people high on pot would start killing people in their cars when their reaction time diminishes.

[MUDDOG]

In Colorado and Washington state, the legal limit for DUI is 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood.

Michael Brown had 12 nanograms.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Anything for the government to keep its power over the people.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m pretty sure we’re about to see the traffic fatalities caused by the Obamnesty illegal alien invaders start to skyrocket too..

[DesertRhino]

Testing positive can mean they smoked a couple of weeks ago. Id be careful with this stat,,

[Gasshog]

Legalize Marijuana

Hay man, Like Wow what could go wrong??

[gogeo]

But...but...but...DUDE!!!