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After 6 months, legal pot in Colorado a mix of highs, lows
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DENVER - Nearly six months after Colorado became the first in the world to sell legal recreational marijuana, industry advocates are playing up the high points -- specifically an economic boom and crime in Denver actually declining. "I think a lot of people are looking at Colorado, and when you see crime going down, that’s a huge sign of success," said Michael Elliot, executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group. "I think so many things people were scared about have been shown to be nonsense." The first four months of recreational pot sales has brought in nearly $11 million in tax revenue, demand for real estate has gone up, and the marijuana industry estimates there are currently 10,000 people working in the business. On Thursday, the state announced that during 20 undercover operations to test if pot shops would sell to minors, not a single store sold to a child. "The Division prides itself on ensuring public safety; we are pleased with the results and will continue to monitor the businesses to ensure that the compliance efforts are maintained," said Lewis Koski, Director of the Marijuana Enforcement Division. But while the state hasn't gone up in smoke, not everyone agrees Colorado is better off and safer. The state's largest provider of community detox centers, Arapahoe House, reported this week that DUI admissions involving marijuana have nearly doubled since legalization. In 2013, 8 percent of admissions were accused of driving under the influence of marijuana, and now that's up to 15 percent. "We're only seeing recreational legalization in it's infancy, but it's already having an impact on public safety," said Araphoe House spokeswoman Kate Edmundson. 7NEWS found small children continue to get their hands on marijuana, particularly edibles. The Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center said, so far this year it's had 19 calls from people reporting pot ingestion by children younger than 5 years old. Children's Hospital Colorado said it's treated 11 kids who've ingested edibles marijuana, six of whom have become critically ill. |
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BINGO! Alcohol has a limit and is labeled, edibles should as well. I think everyone is watching Colorado for what to do nd what not to do. They are showing everyone else what wrinkles need to be ironed out and what we need to focus on to improve the situation.
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I wasn't referring to you.
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Compare that to edible weed products. What percentage of those taste like crap? And how easy is it to take 10 doses at once? Again, I'm all for legalization and think that it's awesome that I live in a state that's pioneering all this stuff. But I think part of getting this rolled out more broadly is to acknowledge when there are issues that need to be worked out. Maybe it's just living here, or maybe it's just me, but the "us vs. them" mentality has to go to make this work - it has to be about "what really makes sense to both allow personal freedom and to reasonably protect those who don't know what they're doing." |
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Let alone a small child. It wouldn't be fun for them. Which is why people should, you know, be parents. |
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Not really. See the OP
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Again, lower the dosage. Make sure people know WTF they're doing. That's all. |
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100% tastes like crap.
Maybe this is the message that needs to go out.
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Jack Daniels is the equivalent of eating the weed all by itself without any extra flavoring, which is obviously nasty. Like Kat said, they sell booze with names like "whip cream" and "cherry lifesaver". You can bet your ass kids can drink that and it doesn't taste "nasty" at all. |
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I heard there's a microbrewery infusing their beer here. Must find that place and arrange a vacation for the bartender.
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All of them.
It's a delivery vehicle for the pot. If you crush up an aspirin and sprinkle it on a cookie, the cookie tastes like shit. Pot edibles are the same way. Quite frankly, most of the edibles I've had taste so bad, it's a chore to choke down one dose, let alone 10. |
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