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Originally Posted by Rain Man
That's what we're hoping. I'm also curious about whether there'll be a notable culture change. My worry is that if you're an unemployed stoner you're going to come here and make a marijuana store your first stop and social services your second stop.
My initial theories are:
Positive outcomes:
Tax revenues
Prison savings
Negative outcomes
Increase in TANF
Influx of ne'er do wells and their related problems
More traffic crashes
Jerks who smoke it in public and annoy me since I don't like the smell
Note that I'm not saying that all marijuana users are ne'er do wells. I just think that if you are a ne'er do well and you smoke marijuana, Colorado will seem like a good place to come and live.
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It is my understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, that while it is legal to purchase, it is not legal to smoke in a public place.
Personally, due to the case of it being legal to sell and buy, I think this is where it should be required a drug test for welfare recipients.