“Pot is the reason homeless people from other states are moving to Colorado.”
The article did not say that the entire increase in homeless people was due to people moving to Colorado from other states.
Some of it is. Some of it is locals choosing to get high all day.
“This is the SECOND time I caught you smoking pot in your room. You’re out!” (Happened last week to my 20-something nephew).
The article did not say that the entire increase in homeless people was due to people moving to Colorado from other states.
The article is a sloppy rehash of a clearer source article, http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26216037/legal-pot-blamed-some-influx-homeless-this-summer, that is entirely about people coming from other states.
Some of it is. Some of it is locals choosing to get high all day.
How would homeless shelter staff - the source for the report - know that?