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Marijuana Use Down Among Teens in Colorado Since MMJ Regulations Implemented

http://sensiblecolorado.org/marijuana-us...ns-took-effect/

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More Colorado Students Bringing Marijuana to School, Anecdotal Reports Suggest

.... anecdotal reports suggest....

"We have seen a sharp rise in drug-related disciplinary actions which, anecdotally, from credible sources, is being attributed to the changing social norms surrounding marijuana," said Janelle Krueger,....

Last year, a report about 720 student expulsions from public schools in Colorado found marijuana accounted for 32 percent of cases—more than any other drug.

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I wrote this post while taking hits from the bong.

So PB, I want you to look up marijuana use compare to drinking use.

Do the same with the teenage age bracket.

Then, look up accidents CAUSED by marijuana use compared with alcohol.

Same with the teenage age bracket.

Then I want you to look up total deaths caused by marijuana, compared with alcohol.

Same with teens.

Next, violent crimes caused by marijuana. And I mean while high, compared with alcohol.

Next, the medical benefits of marijuana, compared with alcohol.

Finally, I want you to look up deaths cause by being high, compared to overdosed from prescribed medications.

It seems like everybody on this board knows what three results are gonna be except you.
My point? You might wanna pick the right topic if you're gonna be on a holier than thou crusade. And that topic is alcohol.

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More Colorado Students Bringing Marijuana to School, Anecdotal Reports Suggest

.... anecdotal reports suggest....

"We have seen a sharp rise in drug-related disciplinary actions which, anecdotally, from credible sources, is being attributed to the changing social norms surrounding marijuana," said Janelle Krueger,....

Last year, a report about 720 student expulsions from public schools in Colorado found marijuana accounted for 32 percent of cases—more than any other drug.

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Really!? I'm inclined to never read another article you post on the topic, if this is the type of "evidence" you're using. Anecdotal reports? Those are an actual thing now?

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Lol, bro you want something banned that is almost harmless. Yet you're not advocating AT all the ban of alcohol.

While I wouldn't agree with you regardless, at least I'd have respect for you if you wasn't a hypocrite.

http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm

88,000 deaths from alcohol related incidents per year.

You realize that's more deaths in a year than combat related deaths in WAR since we went to war in Iraq/afghan right?

You don't see how that makes you a hypocrite? Lemme guess, you probably drink.

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Cause at the end of the day. Me smoking and eating funions isn't effecting you or your kids in your home.

Personal responsibility.

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Which is what confuses me so much. People say they want less government and for government to get out of their lives.

Then when they object to something, they want the government to be involved and enforce their belief upon everyone.

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You really ought to see how it became a law. Maybe you should see how many business entities are involved in keeping it illegal. I don't believe you actually have a clue about much of this.

You won't achieve less government by keeping things the same. The FDA actually approves drugs to be legal that harm us far more than marijuana does and it doesn't take long to figure it out. So maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge what reasoning is used to make some drugs legal and some drugs illegal.

I mean if you're a huge pharmaceutical business, you can get a very harmful drug pushed through the FDA. I'm not so sure I trust the government making those calls for me.

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It just makes too much sense.

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Great news for our leaders.....dems, tea's, and repubs. Now they won't have to see a doctor fotr the script before they pass laws. However, after it's recreationally legalized in DC and no longer in the Feds back yard but smack dab in their front yard we can still say "but it's still federally illegal".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/06/dc-marijuana-legalization_n_5654826.html


Washington, D.C., Will Vote On Marijuana Legalization This November

Voters in our nation's capital will be the next to decide on marijuana legalization.

Wednesday morning, the District of Columbia Board of Elections unanimously voted to put Initiative 71, a measure that would legalize adult possession and use of up to 2 ounces of cannabis as well as home cultivation of up to six marijuana plants for personal use, on the Nov. 4 ballot.

While the sale and use of drug paraphernalia would be legalized under the measure, sale of marijuana would still be prohibited because current law bars D.C. voters from approving cannabis sales via ballot initiative. The D.C. Council, however, is considering a separate bill that would allow for the regulation and taxation of marijuana in the District.

D.C. Cannabis Campaign, the marijuana reform group behind the initiative, submitted over 57,000 signatures in early July and, of those, more than 27,000 were valid, D.C. Board of Elections public information officer Tamra Robinson confirmed to The Huffington Post. The measure needed only 22,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot.

"It is clear from the number of signatures the campaign was able to submit that citizens want a major change in D.C.'s marijuana laws," said Malik Burnett, D.C. policy manager for the Drug Policy Alliance, in a statement. "The policies of prohibition in the District have been borne on the backs of people of color for decades; District residents can put an end to this discrimination."

According to the Washington Lawyers' Committee, arrest statistics from 2009 through 2011 revealed that nine out of 10 people arrested for drugs in Washington were black, though blacks make up just slightly more than half of the city's population. Yet government surveys show that blacks are no more likely than whites to use the drug.

The ballot measure builds on several recent moves to remove restrictions on access to and use of marijuana in Washington, D.C. The District's first medical marijuana dispensary opened just last year, and earlier this year, the D.C. Council decriminalized the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana. The District legalized marijuana for medical use in 2010.

Voters in three states will also decide on new marijuana laws in November. Oregon and Alaska voters will decide on the legalization of recreational marijuana, while voters in Florida will decide on a medical marijuana ballot measure.

Recreational marijuana is already legal in Colorado and Washington state, while 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical purposes.

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