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Article: Marijuana should be legalized, subjected to rules, regulations
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- September 20, 2009
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In 2003, Colorado Law enforcement apprehended one out of every 32
regular marijuana users. For every one ticket that was written, 31
people got off scot-free. If we extrapolate these 31 people to the
population of Coloradans who use marijuana, we have roughly 300,000
regular marijuana users who face no legal consequences for buying,
using and selling nonmedical marijuana.
For these 300,000 citizens, the Colorado marijuana market is the
epitome of the free market. There are zero regulations. There are no
quality or purity controls on marijuana. No age restriction limiting
who can buy it. No potency warnings about how strong it is. No
taxes. No advertising restrictions. No blue laws. No ...