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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Colorado Wants Marijuana Legalized, Regulated Like Booze and Smokes [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)26. What has done it is that Colorado was smart, they legalized medical use...
...and there was a really big campaign to push for dispensaries everywhere. Many of the cities opened up the dispensaries right in the middle of the Great Recession, and without a doubt the well needed money fueled the cities and did not contribute to any significant rise in violent crime (there is a correlation with dispensaries and break-ins, but that's because the drug still has a street value, make it like cigarettes or alcohol and sure you will still have break-ins, but they will be fewer).
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Poll: Colorado Wants Marijuana Legalized, Regulated Like Booze and Smokes [View all]
RainDog
Jun 2012
OP
I think there's actually a good chance that Obama endorses it in the next few months.
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#7
This is actually why it would be good for Obama to come out in favor of legalization.
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#8
Link to P2012 thread about the Democratic Party of Colorado endorsing MMJ legalization:
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#35
Or better yet, standardize the "distance" requirements re outlets that sell liquor...
Spazito
Jun 2012
#46
Agreed. Why single out dispensaries when there are other stores that sell 18+ only stuff?
Woody Woodpecker
Jun 2012
#47
This is a step in the right direction towards ending the murderous cartel's monopoly on marijuana.nt
AJTheMan
Jun 2012
#58
I'm glad you pointed that out. I actually read the full bill the other day...
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#70
Somebody should have issued an executive order instructing the justice department
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2012
#74