Posted on 10/27/2020 8:58:09 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
PUEBLO, Colo.Its a common story across America: A city loses its main employer, usually a manufacturing company with well-paying, blue-collar jobs (that often go to China). The citys economy crumbles, and those who can move out, do.
Decades later, and looking peeling-paint tired, the city hasnt managed to recover, but drugs have found a permanent home.
In Pueblo, Colorado, the manufacturer was a steel plant beleaguered by a market crash in the 1980s and worker strikes in the 1990s. And one drug was given a red-carpet welcome.
For years, Pueblo has been looking for industries to revive its economy, and when recreational marijuana was legalized for retail sale in Colorado in 2014, many saw it as the answer. More people would be employed and the tax money would go to schools and infrastructure.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
>> many saw it as the answer. More people would be employed and the tax money would go to schools and infrastructure.
Rings of prostitution and drug dealing... not exactly healthy nor sustainable
I enjoy a cuban cigar and a sip or a few of bourbon or scotch. Or a cold beer on a warm day (or cool evening). Or a good Napa Cab with a rare ribeye and loaded potato. But I can't deny the social and economic price the USA pays for alcohol abuse. It's far worse than the damage caused by pot.
“But I can’t deny the social and economic price the USA pays for alcohol abuse’’<<. True indeed. You can add to that the medical damage done to the body from alcohol.
I’ve seen it time and again working in hospital emergency rooms.
Been using cannabis medicinally since 2015. No longer taking any pharma meds after being prescribed psych meds for over 22 years.
Went from being a severely mentally ill person, unable to work for decades, to a blessed man who now has 2 jobs & is enjoying a fabulous quality of life.
Cannabis is very medicinal for many humans & has been used so for 1000’s of years & up till the early 1900’s was legal to grow, use & sell as it should be today!
So glad for you.
Would love to near your story.
Is 151 rum illegal? Why not?
Regards,
Lethargic populace is a non threatening one
This site has become infested with stinking liberals. (Libtardians.) And like anything they touch, they turn everything to crap.
“Yeah, they should just stick to harmless tobacco and alcohol.”
No no no. Add another drug. Then, another. Then, more. Let sober foreigners take all the jobs and degrees from our drug-fogged populace. Oh yeah, man, fire up that bad boy!
Exactly. There is no limit on the potency of the marijuana that you can buy from the dispensaries and there really ought to be.
It might if the nicotine levels were 100 times the amount you get in a cigarette.
Let me guess, she had a “medical condition” where she “needed” them.
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That’s just because pot hasn’t been legal for that long. Did you read the article?
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Don’t you think that since it is a medicine, as you claim, that the dosage ought to be regulated?
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