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Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things have Happened in Colorado

posted by azrael on Friday July 04 2014, @04:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the tax-not-war dept.

Monogamous Coward writes:

It's now been six months since Colorado enacted its historic marijuana legalization policy, and two big things have already happened:

  1. Colorado's cash crop is turning out to be even more profitable than the state could have hoped.

    Tax revenue from marijuana sales is expected to top $130M over the next fiscal year.

  2. Denver crime rates have suddenly fallen.

    The Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9% year-to-year since recreational marijuana use was legalized in January.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Dunbal on Friday July 04 2014, @11:48AM

    by Dunbal (3515) on Friday July 04 2014, @11:48AM (#64101)

    It depends - what exactly is "disorderly conduct"? Taking pictures of public buildings? Screaming obscenities at McDonalds? It's a pretty wide catch all, unlike murder which is pretty specific. I think the end justifies the means. Some rowdy kids acting like douches is a small price to pay to have your kids still be alive.

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