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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 93720" data-attributes="member: 373">Espringers here is your link and article. <a href="http://wspa.com/2015/10/30/how-is-colorado-doing-since-marijuana-legalization/" target="_blank">http://wspa.com/2015/10/30/how-is-colorado-doing-since-marijuana-legalization/</a>The pros and cons of legalizing potDENVER, Colorado (WDTN) -There are a lot of claims surrounding marijuana legalization.Some say it helps the economy and brings jobs while others say it creates more crime and puts kids at risk.The truth is, the impact is good or bad depending on who you ask.“I think the world is looking at Colorado and I think this is this  great period with great social and economic change around controlled  substances. I think this is the test case,” said Adam Orens with the  Marijuana Policy Group in Denver.Marijuana has been legal in Colorado for more than a year. It’s a new industry, so it took some work to get it up and running.“Its very costly to set up with a whole brand new industry and  regulate it and try to enforce it. It’s been quite a struggle,” said  Gina Carbone, co-founder of SMART Colorado.Several task forces were involved in figuring out how to legalize pot  in the state when it’s still illegal federally. One big issue is  marijuana is a cash business because banks are federally insured.“I think we worry about the banking issue. I think it’s a real issue.  It’s a cash business which I think can put employees at risk, people  around at risk, because that is a lot of cash to be moving around,” said  President of Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Kelly BroughColorado did not make as much money as originally estimated off pot.  Last year, they brought in 44 million dollars in new taxes. The estimate  was about 30 million off.Brough said they’ve worked hard to make sure businesses know they can  still have a drug-free workplace in the state. She says there’s one  positive change they’ve noticed: an increase in commercial property  sales.“The operations that grow marijuana utilize often underutilized  commercial, industrial big warehouses. These tend to be less expensive  commercial space, we saw the price for those go up for those spaces when  marijuana was legalized,” said Brough.Places like MindFul are using those facilities. CEO Meg Sanders says  her business does more than just help the real estate side of things.“Then there’s this whole ancillary side of security teams and  marketing teams and packaging and you name it that comes along with  this..not to mention the huge boost to the economy that we’ve done in  particular to contractors, HVAC, plumbers, it’s massive. It’s a huge  opportunity for everybody,” said Sanders.Not everyone in the state has the same opinion.Natalie: “Do you think the legalization of marijuana had a negative impact in Colorado?”Erie, Colorado’s Chief Marco Vasquez: “I would say ultimately it isn’t good for our society.”Chief Vasquez said law enforcement has had challenges identifying  drugged drivers and keeping the legal marijuana from leaving the state.  He says crime has gone up but says there’s no way to know if it’s  because of legalizing pot.“I will tell you I think it is more complex for law enforcement  because there is a lot more gray area for officers to contend with,”  said Chief Vasquez.Once anyone over 21 could get pot in the state, another concern was  how easy could kids get it. The state now requires all edible products  such as pot gummies and marijuana candy bars to be put in a specific  type of package.“Somehow that food has to look different; there has to be an identifier on it,” said CarboneWhile there are a number of specific issues still being hammered out  at the Colorado statehouse, the general opinion we got from those in the  state was marijuana hasn’t really changed their day to day lives that  much.“I don’t think there are really that many widespread, disastrous, impacts,” said Orens.Whether for or against pot, the leaders in Colorado leave this advice  to Ohio or any other state wanting to take on legal marijuana.“When it becomes the law, it becomes the law…no matter what your  position on it was and you better figure out how to make it work,” said  BroughCan't sell candy cigarettes, but gummi bears laced with pot...........good to go. Naw what kid would swap out his regular gummi bears for Cheech and Chong gummi bears. Now if you want to include the stats from the pro legalization orgs Those are in the comment section below this articleThey are different than the stats in this link. <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24749800/feds-call-out-colorado-releasing-study-teen-pot" target="_blank">http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24749800/feds-call-out-colorado-releasing-study-teen-pot</a>"More teenagers now smoke pot than smoke tobacco cigarettes, the federal officials noted."So whos are right? I would guess it comes down to which side of the argument you are on. But hey here is how High Times, a MJ publication explains teen age drug usage dropping by comparison. 4. More older folks, fewer teens are using pot regularly    Prohibitionists claim that legalization will hurt children but it seems  to be having the opposite effect. In the beginning of the 2000s, when  comparing teens (age 12-17) vs. older adults (age 50+) who smoke pot  near-daily (>=21 times per month), there were three toking teens for  every one older toking adult. Now after expansion of medical marijuana  to twenty states and legalization in two, the ratio has just about  flipped. There are now two-and-a-half older toking adults for every  toking teen.Dude, that's amazing, but being stoned, may influence their statistical skill set a bit so it is understandable.- - - Updated - - -Colorados big tax winfall........"But Colorado police chiefs want a piece of the estimated $133 million  tax revenue that legal pot sales are expected to generate. Gov. John  Hickenlooper earmarked the bulk of those funds for drug rehab and  education efforts" Read more:  <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/06/despite-legalization-colorado-cops-ask-for-more-money-for-marijuana-enforcement/#ixzz45abdYW27" target="_blank">http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/06/despite-legalization-colorado-cops-ask-for-more-money-for-marijuana-enforcement/#ixzz45abdYW27</a> Take the time to read this article in the link below. It shares some of the unintended consequences of what is happening in Colorado. If you want to still claim these things are not going to happen when they are selling Karma Kandy pot and gummi bear weed you are full of shit. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/after-5-months-of-sales-colorado-sees-the-downside-of-a-legal-high.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/after-5-months-of-sales-colorado-sees-the-downside-of-a-legal-high.html?_r=0</a>Own up to the consequences that will happen. At least be that honest.</blockquote>

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