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Detox Network Sees Pot DUIs Spike in Colorado After Legalization
NBCNews ^
| 6/25/2014
| Phil Helsel
Posted on 06/25/2014 11:31:22 PM PDT by South40
It may be legal to buy and smoke marijuana in Colorado, but it’s still against the law to drive while high — and that’s a message an increasing number of people aren’t receiving.
Colorado’s largest detox network said Wednesday that the number of its patients busted for DUI while high on pot has nearly doubled, from 8 percent last year to 15 percent this year.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: marijuana; pot; wod
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posted on
06/25/2014 11:31:22 PM PDT
by
South40
To: South40
Libertards are probably trying to legalize that too
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posted on
06/25/2014 11:32:16 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: South40
If you couldn’t see this one coming, you must be a stoner.
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posted on
06/25/2014 11:34:12 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
To: South40
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posted on
06/25/2014 11:36:19 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
To: South40
Really? Gee I must be a genius compared to them, I knew this would happen!
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posted on
06/25/2014 11:37:47 PM PDT
by
blondee123
(DICTATORSHIP HAS ARRIVED! Nov. 6, 2012)
To: blondee123; All
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posted on
06/25/2014 11:46:12 PM PDT
by
South40
(Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
To: South40
Really? Who’d of thunk it! And the proponents were saying legalizing the weed wouldn’t increase these behaviours....
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:37:03 AM PDT
by
kelly4c
(http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2900389%2C41#help)
To: kelly4c
When people are dragging their kids to potfests, it probably does increase the behaviors.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:38:56 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: NonValueAdded
I see it coming every time I head home from work.
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posted on
06/26/2014 1:12:22 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
To: RandallFlagg
If someone can get intoxicated on a substance and then get behind the wheel, then that substance should be illegal.
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posted on
06/26/2014 4:21:40 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: Wolfie
Actually, I wouldn’t want to start a trend of passing restrictive laws based on, “If,” and, “Can.”
We already know where that’ll lead. Especially with the bums in power today.
There’s already enough of those laws.
Enforce the laws already in place.
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posted on
06/26/2014 4:35:15 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
To: Wolfie
“If someone can get intoxicated on a substance and then get behind the wheel, then that substance should be illegal.”
You’d have a better chance of outlawing cars.
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posted on
06/26/2014 5:01:04 AM PDT
by
Fuzz
To: South40
More people are getting ticketed for driving stoned now and some people see that as a bad thing.
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posted on
06/26/2014 5:34:42 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: South40
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posted on
06/26/2014 6:15:46 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
To: South40
According to this article, even after pot legalization 85% of DUIs involve something other than pot - doubtless alcohol in most cases. And yet somehow only pot, not alcohol, inspires Chicken Little hysterics.
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posted on
06/26/2014 7:20:43 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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