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Originally Posted by jspchief
I heard sales topped $1 million in the first day. The economic impact will be interesting.
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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.