Posted on 08/08/2020 11:03:43 AM PDT by NobleFree
When I see evidence that data from the Colorado Department of Health is bad, I’ll acknowledge it. Guilt by association is not evidence.
LOL I used to post all the links to the studies, etc. but you never bothered to look at them.
“Not sure 1% is insignificant.”
Firstly, it’s not 1%. It is 1 *percentage point,* which is a horse of a different color.
Secondly, to determine significance, one needs to use an analysis of variance or a chi square, or some other test of statistical significance.
“I keep on telling the potheads”
You keep being too lazy to support your claims.
” I used to post all the links to the studies, etc.”
ROTFL! More baseless claims from you.
I didn't say that the data was bad. I did say that the data wasn't reliable.
Do you know the difference?
Places that legalized it thought they would make BILLIONS ,LOL
Every dollar spent on legal pot is a dollar not placed in criminal hands.
In what sense am I proposing we “rely” on this data?
>>Every dollar spent on legal pot is a dollar not placed in criminal hands.
Adults who sell pot, tobacco, or alcohol to teens are criminals.
And:
https://insight.livestories.com/s/v2/substance-use-after-marijuana-legalization/be43094c-9e83-4780-8c9b-ebf66407b0cf/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-met-colorado-legal-marijuana-by-the-numbers-htmlstory.html
Crime Pot grown illegally on public lands an indicator for the size of the black market also is on the rise with 80,926 plants seized in 2017, a 73 percent increase in five years. Organized crime cases almost tripled in five years, increasing to 119 in 2017 from 31 in 2012. Health Rates of hospitalization with possible marijuana exposures increased steadily from 2000 through 2015.
The number of adults who use marijuana increased between 2014 and 2017, with men getting high more often than women and young adults ages 18 to 25 the most frequent users.
The biggest evidence is that average IQ test results in Colorado have gone down by 10 points.
Not relevant to the point to which I was responding: “Places that legalized it thought they would make BILLIONS”.
“average IQ test results in Colorado have gone down by 10 points.”
BS.
Good, then we agree.
Same numbers as this article, minus the understanding of statistical significance.
And:
https://insight.livestories.com/s/v2/substance-use-after-marijuana-legalization/be43094c-9e83-4780-8c9b-ebf66407b0cf/
In the states where use rose from 2011-2016, legal sale started between 2014 and 2016 - so what this data actually shows is that legal sale has no effect on use trends.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-met-colorado-legal-marijuana-by-the-numbers-htmlstory.html
13.6% to 15.5% adult use is not "skyrocketed."
Crime Pot grown illegally on public lands an indicator for the size of the black market
A black market that includes every non-legalizing state.
possible marijuana exposures increased
"Possible exposure" is a far cry from "causative agent."
CO, CA, and WA have each cleared the $1B mark in lifetime pot tax revenue.
School councilors and resource officers say kids show up at school under the influence and the high schools don’t have an agreement to report it so the kids are just kept safe until they come down. With pot more easily obtainable, the high schoolers have a choice to make: Algebra or pot? Civics or pot? U.S. History or pot....
My point is that our society does not value truth anymore. I would bet that a lot of teens lie on these surveys just because they can. There is no benefit to them to answer truthfully. Personally, I would assume that any “anonymous” survey can actually be traced back to the individuals who took it - especially government surveys.
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