Posted on 07/02/2014 11:27:52 AM PDT by Rebelbase
$19 million in new tax revenue.
Marijuana-related arrests, which make up 50% of all drug-related crimes, have plummeted in Colorado, freeing up law enforcement to focus on other criminal activity. By removing marijuana penalties, the state saved somewhere between $12 million and $40 million in 2012, according to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy.
According to government data, the Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9% since recreational marijuana use was legalized in January. This is compared to the same period last year, a time frame encompassing Jan. 1 through April 30.
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I presume that property and income taxes will now go down???
You took the quote out of context. The cops supposedly have more time to pursue other crimes being committed.
Supposedly is the operative word. I’d be curious to see if cops are spending more time at the donut shop.
Stop, you’re bringing a tear to my eye.
Bad parents are dragging their kids into it these days
Naw, just the fabricated "crimes" in which all participants are willing adults.
Then arrest the bad parent. Leave me alone.
But this is the point, the whole point, and nothing but the point for legalization.
This, and also to create a greater welfare dependcy base.
the sales of girl scout cookies and bottled water skyrocketed?
“Wherever the Huffington Post and Mother Jones are cited you might want to consider a reality check. “
Since news satire has become reality does it really matter anymore?
And they probably create less issues than parties where kids get drunk, which have been doing on since the dawn of time.
If you legalize drunk driving, drunk driving arrests will plummet.
It will take more than six months for the addiction and gateway to other drugs affect to surface. By then it will be too late. However, there are deaths directly because of the dope and the increase in DUI from dope smoking dopes.
-PJ
More so than before? Evidence? Sounds like urban legend to me.
“Bad parents are dragging their kids into it these days”
it’s nothing new.
[ As are the local police departments who received a large portion of their funding from asset forfeitures. ]
NAILED IT!!!!
Asset Forfeitures do nothing but encourage thug like behavior from our boys in blue.
LOL!!!
That’s a good one.
Drunk driving is a clear and present danger to others. Smoking pot is a clear and present danger to Cheetos.
They need to balance that $19 million in taxes and the savings derived from redirected law enforcement against the marginal cost of DUI (for example, they didn’t cite it) for the analysis to be credible. As it is, it looks single sided boosterism to me.
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