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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deleted member" data-source="post: 93736" data-attributes="member: 816">http://wspa.com/2015/10/30/how-is-colorado-doing-since-marijuana-legalization/here was the link i referenced.  i am not hiding or denying anything.  i don't think many others are either.  the reason i wanted you to read it was the stats posted in the first comment.  they have actual citations to where the stats came from.  those stats don't jive with the unreferenced stats you posted earlier.  After just one year, with the legal market barely established, Colorado has already received millions in tax (plus millions in savings from less arrests, prosecutions, and incarcerations).Including industry fees, Colorado has received $76 million from legal cannabis in 2014 on $700 million in sales. This is millions, probably well over a billion when production and distribution is included, that did not go to fuel a crime-ridden underground market that also sells hard drugs. They only need to lower their tax rate to accelerate this transition of the market from the underground to legitimate businessmen who can be easily monitored, actually check I.D., pay taxes, and follow other regulations.Cannabis sales continue to shift to the legal market in Colorado:Monthly Colorado License, Fee, And Tax Income From Recreational And Medical Cannabis          Total       Total Rec     Total MedJan:    3,519,756     2,109,876     1,409,880Feb:    4,092,575     2,316,234     1,776,341Mar:    4,980,992     3,187,047     1,793,945Apr:    5,273,355     3,730,786     1,542,569May:    5,715,707     3,921,199     1,794,508Jun:    6,522,085     4,650,861     1,871,224Jul:    7,407,450     5,658,190     1,749,260Aug:    7,741,167     5,976,507     1,764,660Sep:    7,232,870     5,534,084     1,698,786Oct:    7,642,800     6,222,903     1,419,897Nov:    7,465,568     5,991,873     1,473,695Dec:    8,558,141     6,933,785     1,624,356Total: 76,152,466    56,233,345    19,919,121[SOURCE: Colorado Department of Revenue, "Colorado Marijuana Tax Data - State of Colorado Marijuana Taxes, Licenses, and Fees Transfers and Distribution"]Colorado did not see a statistically significant change in fatal traffic accidents:2012: 474 (Population: 5.19 million, 0.0091%)2013: 481 (Population: 5.27 million, 0.0091%)2014: 488 (Population: 5.36 million, 0.0091%)[SOURCE: Colorado DOT & "As Reported" to NHTSA by FARS]Overall crime rate has not increased:Colorado Overall Average Crimes per 100,000:2012: 3,482.22013: 3,486.82014: 3,398.8[SOURCE: Colorado Bureau of Investigation - 2013,2014 Colorado Reported Statewide Crimes]Even though cannabis based business are forced to conduct transactions using cash only, violent crime has decreased in Denver with the first year of legal sales:Compared with 2013, in 2014 Denver violent crime is down overall by 0.7%, with murder down by 24.4%, rape down by 2.5% and robbery down by 3.3%. Property crime (including burglary, larceny, auto theft, theft from motor vehicle and arson) dropped by 2.0%. Overall UCR crime is down 1.8%.[SOURCE: "PART 1 CRIME IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER BASED ON UCR STANDARDS", denvergov.Org]Colorado has not experienced the surge in teen use predicted by prohibitionists:Past Month Colorado High School Cannabis Use2009: 24.8%2011: 22.0%2013: 19.7%[SOURCE: 2009 and 2012 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results - Colorado High School Survey Summary Table; 2013 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey Results - Colorado High School Summary Tables]Past Month National High School Cannabis Use2009: 20.8%2011: 23.1%2013: 23.4%[SOURCE: CDC - Trends in the Prevalence of Marijuana, Cocaine, and Other Illegal Drug Use National YRBS: 1991— 2013]Past Month Colorado Middle School Cannabis Use2011: 6.0%2013: 5.1%[SOURCE:Overview Of The 2011 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey: Middle School; Healthy Kids Colorado Survey Middle School Overview of 2013 Data]Colorado School Drug Expulsions:2011-2012: 7182012-2013: 6142013-2014: 535Colorado School Drug Violators Referred to Law Enforcement:2011-2012: 1,9512012-2013: 1,9212012-2013: 1,823[SOURCE: Colorado Department of Education - 10-Year Trend Data: Colorado State Suspension and Expulsion Incidents]Colorado School Dropout Rate:2011-2012: 2.9% (12,256 dropouts reported)2012-2013: 2.5% (10,664 dropouts reported)2012-2013: 2.4% (10,546 dropouts reported[SOURCE: Colorado Department of Education - Dropout Data for 2013-14 - Historical Overview]In Nov 2012 the people of Colorado voted 55% - 45% in favor of recreational cannabis legalization. An increasing majority say legal cannabis was a good move:(for - against)52% - 38% [SOURCE: Majority in Colorado say legal marijuana good. CNN, April, 2014.]54% - 43% [SOURCE: Quinnipiac University, April 28, 2014.]54% - 43% [SOURCE: Quinnipiac University, July 21, 2014.]55% - 41% [SOURCE: Colorado Not Suffering Buyer's Remorse Over Legal Marijuana, Poll Finds. Huffingtonpost, Sep, 2014.]58% - 38% [SOURCE: Quinnipiac University, Feb 24, 2015.]62% - 34% [SOURCE: Quinnipiac University, April 14, 2015.]Add to this (in time if not immediately):• Less deaths of people involved on all sides of the "war", including law enforcement and bystanders• Millions saved on law enforcement (arrest, prosecution, incarceration)• More time for cops to solve real crime• More room in the jails for actual criminals• Less exposure to hard drugs for cannabis consumers• A legal alternative to the objectively more harmful drug alcohol• The reinstatement of some of our unjustly taken freedoms• More respect for our legal system, police, and government</blockquote>

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