Recently
has been the five-year anniversary of the legalization of recreational pot use
in Colorado. California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in
1996. However, Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize
recreational use of pot in 2014.
Tourists
who have recently visited Colorado have stated they experienced a new and
overwhelming smell from large marijuana farms, and the daily use of citizens smoking
it in public. It fills nearly every street corner. People have even said they
could smell it driving on the highways. People have been complaining about this
new agricultural smell, and that is not the only thing they have been upset about.
Citizens
have been complaining about the growth of homelessness rate that ranks among
some of the highest in this country. Colorado has multiple homeless shelters
spread out across the state causing the homeless to feel like they can spend
all their money on pot, and still have a roof over their head. Other problems
of pot being such an accessible drug has led to a big increase in car related
deaths due to being high. There has also been an increase in schools with underage
kids being caught using the substance in schools, bringing a high alert to the
school industries across the state.
With that
being said, Colorado has experienced plenty of positive effects from the
legalization of weed. Colorado’s unemployment rate is the lowest in the
country’s at just 2.3 percent With the job industry booming, it made the state
excel in revenue by creating thousands of jobs. Last year the state took away
$198.5 million dollars of $1.3 billion in tax revenue from the pot industry. Colorado
has even experienced a decrease in crime rate. The state has had a 10 percent
decrease in violent crimes and an 8.9 reduction in property crime. There are multiple
positive effects from the pot industry, leading Colorado to a bright future.
Colorado is
in a much better state of prosperity since they have legalized the recreational
use of marijuana. The positives currently are outweighing the negative factors,
and the economic/societal trend will only grow from here. There has been no
research to say otherwise. It is evident that other states are starting to
realize how big of a positive effect it has had on Colorado’s economy. Multiple
states have legalized medical marijuana and some states like California are
legalizing recreational use in 2018. Soon every state will legalize
recreational pot.
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