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Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

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Re: Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

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Post by binarymax »

The second point seems like it is a stretch. Of course, crime rate of illegal marijuana dropped when it was legalized.

What I'd really like to see if related crime has dropped or increased - such as DUI, Theft, Assault, etc.

--Edit-- Thanks all for pointing out the piece I skimmed over :) ...However I am still very curious to smaller offenses and misdemeanors. It will be years before we see good statistics, but those elements will be politically crucial in pushing for wider adoption.

Re: Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

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Post by xienze »

> According to government data, the Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9% since recreational marijuana use was legalized in January.

I think it's probably a stretch to link these two things together...

Also, it sounds like the government is already writing checks based on "predicted" income levels 4x what they are today.

I think legalization is a good idea but I wish people would give things a couple years before drawing meaningful conclusions from the data.

Re: Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

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Post by rwl »

This sounds like a great outcome, and I support legalization for basically these reasons. More revenue for state governments, less violence, less law-enforcement time wasted on drug offences, and less crowding of prisons with non-violent drug offenders are all good things.

But surely there have been downsides, too, even if they're not the ones that fear-mongerers predicted. Can anyone in Colorado speak to what those are?

Re: Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

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Post by steveklabnik »

binarymax wrote: post #6

The second point seems like it is a stretch. Of course, crime rate of illegal marijuana dropped when it was legalized. What I'd really like to see if related crime has dropped or increased - such as DUI, Theft, Assault, etc. --Edit-- Thanks all for pointing out the piece I skimmed over :) ...However I am still very curious to smaller offenses and misdemeanors. It will be years before we see good statistics, but those…

    > 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.

Re: Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado

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Post by pavanky »

binarymax wrote: post #6

The second point seems like it is a stretch. Of course, crime rate of illegal marijuana dropped when it was legalized. What I'd really like to see if related crime has dropped or increased - such as DUI, Theft, Assault, etc. --Edit-- Thanks all for pointing out the piece I skimmed over :) ...However I am still very curious to smaller offenses and misdemeanors. It will be years before we see good statistics, but those…

> 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.

This was the second paragraph of the crime section.

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