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Crime Rates Are Soaring in Seattle and Denver -- Is Marijuana to Blame?
Crime rates in two major cities where recreational marijuana is now legal are soaring. Should we be pointing the finger of blame at marijuana?
Over the course of just one generation we've witnessed the acceptance of marijuana jump by leaps and bounds. Based on polls conducted by Gallup, only around a quarter of respondents shared a "favorable" view of marijuana in the mid-1990s. There wasn't a single state at the time that allowed the drug to be prescribed by physicians for medicinal use, and the sheer thought of selling marijuana in legal stores would have probably drawn laughs instead of a serious discussion.
Today, just shy of two-dozen states allow physicians to prescribe, and licensed shops to sell, medical marijuana. Furthermore, four states (Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska) along with Washington, D.C., allow adults ages 21 and up to purchase marijuana for recreational use. This shift has been made possible not only by the need of states to generate additional sources of revenue (legal marijuana sales often carry a hefty tax), but also by a majority of respondents in national surveys (Gallup, Pew Research, and General Social Survey) now sharing a favorable view of the drug.
Link: http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...s-are-soaring-in-seattle-and-denver-is-m.aspx
I agree with @Stalks
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community...a-legalization-crime-wave.77149/#post-1557777
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Crime rates in two major cities where recreational marijuana is now legal are soaring. Should we be pointing the finger of blame at marijuana?
Over the course of just one generation we've witnessed the acceptance of marijuana jump by leaps and bounds. Based on polls conducted by Gallup, only around a quarter of respondents shared a "favorable" view of marijuana in the mid-1990s. There wasn't a single state at the time that allowed the drug to be prescribed by physicians for medicinal use, and the sheer thought of selling marijuana in legal stores would have probably drawn laughs instead of a serious discussion.
Today, just shy of two-dozen states allow physicians to prescribe, and licensed shops to sell, medical marijuana. Furthermore, four states (Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska) along with Washington, D.C., allow adults ages 21 and up to purchase marijuana for recreational use. This shift has been made possible not only by the need of states to generate additional sources of revenue (legal marijuana sales often carry a hefty tax), but also by a majority of respondents in national surveys (Gallup, Pew Research, and General Social Survey) now sharing a favorable view of the drug.
Link: http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...s-are-soaring-in-seattle-and-denver-is-m.aspx
I agree with @Stalks
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community...a-legalization-crime-wave.77149/#post-1557777
Pinocchio Awarded
apologies for the bold print; this thread has a mind of its own.
