Pot's broken promises

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Without federal obstruction, marijuana becomes a classic experiment for the laboratory of states.
53% : As the only state with a constitutional right to marijuana, with provisions for nearly unbridled THC commerce, Colorado went all in.
47% : The arguments in favor remain: Legalization would erode the black market -- no more seedy drug deals -- and provide tax revenue for much-needed services.
43% : The state's latest report says "law enforcement agencies continue to combat illicit market activity.
40% : April began with federal marijuana legalization passing the House, and activists are pressing Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring it to a vote in the Senate before the calendar changes again.
40% : "Colorado has seen increases in marijuana-related hospitalizations, Emergency Room visits, poison control calls, DUIs, and fatal crashes where drivers tested positive for cannabinoids," explains a 2021 report by the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, which analyzes the experiment every other year.
40% : Suthers claims the deep pockets of "Big Marijuana" fund political campaigns and make regulation of THC potency politically impossible.
36% : "The vast majority of the money raised goes to regulation, police dealing with illegal grows, homelessness, impaired driving, and a litany of other problems made worse by recreational marijuana," Suthers said.
36% : "The smell of marijuana is so common it is no longer probable cause.
34% : Colorado allows any household to grow up to 12 plants, but law enforcement struggles to detect illicit operations that consume entire homes and far exceed the limit.
33% : "There is evidence that marijuana causes schizophrenia.

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