[servantboy777]

Before I catch flak as well...I’d like to point out, there is a HUGE difference in legalization, decriminalization, and or restructuring penal codes.

Legalization is absolutely not the answer. Legalize drugs and people get really really stupid...look at the debacle in CO. for example.

[ConservingFreedom]

look at the debacle in CO. for example.

What "debacle"?

[Ken H]

...look at the debacle in CO. for example.

Yeah, the state is just falling apart. From Business Insider, Aug 2014 =>

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Here’s How All 50 State Economies Are Doing, Ranked From Slowest To Fastest

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All in all, Colorado’s economy is broadly growing at a healthy clip, and so it comes in as the overall winner.

http://www.businessinsider.com/state-economic-growth-rankings-2014-8