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[Poetic.Injustice]

Last week, Senator Cory Booker introduced the Marijuana Justice Act in an effort to legalize marijuana across the nation and penalize local communities that want nothing to do with this dangerous drug. This is the furthest reaching marijuana legalization effort to date and marks another sad moment in our nation’s embrace of a drug that will have generational consequences.

In the years since, Colorado has seen an increase in marijuana related traffic deaths, poison control calls, and emergency room visits. The marijuana black market has increased in Colorado, not decreased. And, numerous Colorado marijuana regulators have been indicted for corruption.
In 2012, we were promised funds from marijuana taxes would benefit our communities, particularly schools. Dr. Harry Bull, the Superintendent of Cherry Creek Schools, one of the largest school districts in the state, said, "So far, the only thing that the legalization of marijuana has brought to our schools has been marijuana."
In fiscal year 2016, marijuana tax revenue resulted in $156,701,018. The total tax revenue for Colorado was $13,327,123,798, making marijuana only 1.18% of the state's total tax revenue. The cost of marijuana legalization in public awareness campaigns, law enforcement, healthcare treatment, addiction recovery, and preventative work is an unknown cost to date.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...galize-nationally-jeff-hunt-column/536010001/

 

[Dartastic]

Jeff Hunt, Opinion contributor

...Jeff Hunt is the Vice President of Public Policy at Colorado Christian University.

Nothing to see here.

 

[Psychoward]

...poison control calls?

 

[lupinko]

Why did you link an opinion piece?

Anyway I've only heard positives since weed went legal.

 

[Aaronrules380]

1% of the state's tax revenue seems pretty significant for a single commodity for me

 

[Poppy]

...poison control calls?

morons eat an entire candy bar and think they are going to die because it is unpleasant

either that or extreme turbo morons accidentally let their kids ingest a large quantity

either way it requires you to be a tool to have these things happen, and poison control aint gonna do shit because weed isnt going to kill you

 

[ChouGoku]

hilarous

 

[.la1n]

...poison control calls?

Marijuana poisoning is sweeping the nation and it could happen to YOUUUUUU

 

[Technosteve]

Jeff Hunt
Vice President of Public Policy, Colorado Christian University
Director, Centennial Institute

Jeff earned his BA degrees in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Westmont College, Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, and Master of Political Management from George Washington University. He has served as Media Coordinator for the Senate Republican Conference, Director of Operations of the Clapham Group, Special Assistant to Senator Rick Santorum in his 2012 White House bid, and Director of Colorado Coalitions for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. He was the founder of Avinova Media Group, a digital media marketing firm based in Colorado.

It's his Opinion

 

[Vicetrailia]

1% of the state's tax revenue seems pretty significant for a single commodity for me

Well you know, 1 is next to zero, so yeah.

 

[Username1198]

Jesus are people baking their kids in the oven again !

 

[Psychoward]

It's his Opinion

Lol

I'm not even gonna trust his opinion to be backed up with actual facts.

 

[rfield84]

An opinion piece by Jeff Hunt. Per the article he is "the Vice President of Public Policy at Colorado Christian University."

Shocker.

 

[Dishwalla]

Bah, rubbish.

 

[theWB27]

Can anyone link his opinion piece on alcohol?

 

[Bronx-Man]

This.....reefer madness is spreading across the nation.

 

[ezrarh]

Colorado is so devastated folks. Don't come here - it's just like the ashes of dead Lannisters.

 

[zero_suit]

It's his Opinion

Hmm. We can safety ignore this piece. Thanks.

 

[Dishwalla]

Don't trust a guy who wears a yellow tie. Seriously.

 

[Ponn]

Opinion piece with the usual lot to say but little evidence or hard numbers to back it up.

Also

Jeff Hunt is the Vice President of Public Policy at Colorado Christian University

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

What were you trying to accomplish with this, OP?

 

[Username1198]

It's his Opinion

Shit he looks like he'd call the cops on his thread run

 

[Fat4all]

 

[Damaniel]

I'm gonna have to see the receipts on this.

 

[ModBot]

Don't base threads off shitty USAToday op-eds with bad and/or incomplete facts. If this is an issue that interests you, do the work and present something that hews somewhere close to the truth.