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Legalized marijuana turns Colorado resort town into homeless magnet
Fox News ^ | 5/17/2017 | Joseph J. Kolb

Posted on 05/20/2017 5:05:56 PM PDT by Beave Meister

town into homeless magnet By Joseph J. Kolb Published May 17, 2017 Fox News

NOW PLAYING New poll shows shift on marijuana legalization From his sidewalk vantage point in front of an outdoor equipment store in downtown Durango, Colo., Matthew Marinseck has seen a transformation in this mountain resort town.

The picturesque town near the New Mexico border, once a vibrant, upscale community dotted with luxury hotels, is being overrun by panhandlers – thanks, in part, to the legalization of marijuana.

The town suddenly became a haven for recreational pot users, drawing in transients, panhandlers and a large number of homeless drug addicts, according to officials and business owners. Many are coming from New Mexico, Arizona and even New York.

“Legalized marijuana has drawn a lot of kids here from other states and the impact has not all been good,” said Marinseck, 58, while holding a cardboard sign asking for “help.”

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KEYWORDS: bluezones; cannabis; colorado; durango; homeless; inevitable; legalization; liberals; marijuana; panhandlers; pot; potheads; recreational; wod
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1 posted on 05/20/2017 5:05:57 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

These homeless losers would be homeless losers wherever they were.

Moving to Colorado is only a side effect of legalized MJ.

They would be worthless no matter where they lived, it is not Colorado’s fault.


2 posted on 05/20/2017 5:08:21 PM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Beave Meister

I love Colorado and Durango was so nice. Now not so much


3 posted on 05/20/2017 5:09:03 PM PDT by southernindymom
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To: Beave Meister

There was a vintage rail line in Durango that was popular with steam locomotive buffs.


4 posted on 05/20/2017 5:10:39 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Steely Tom

Teluride would be a better attraction for the homeless. An old hippie town.


5 posted on 05/20/2017 5:12:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Beave Meister

6 posted on 05/20/2017 5:14:32 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Beave Meister

In 20 or 30 years we should be able to see if legal marijuana becomes a basic, virtually harmless part of a culture (like scotch) or if it has a steadily degrading effect on family structure, work ethic and life expectancy.

I see states like CO as a science experiment.

And, for what it’s worth, I think the federal union of the several states was constructed for exactly this sort of situation — what works? what doesn’t work? Watch and learn from your neighbor.


7 posted on 05/20/2017 5:18:41 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: Beave Meister

Deed the sidewalks to the adjoining businesses. As private property, the sidewalks will be like an enclosed mall. The businesses could remove the vagrants with no recourse from the ACLU.


8 posted on 05/20/2017 5:19:50 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: Beave Meister

Two years ago, we were in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs. You could see the dopeheads congregating at the stores by late morning.


9 posted on 05/20/2017 5:21:06 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: southernindymom

>>Now not so much

Yep. On the down slope for sure. I’m a Colorado native. Seen big changes over the past 55+ years.

I think there are legitimate medical applications, but the nexus of recreational MJ abusers and Rainbow-liberal psychosis is making itself more self-evident every day.

Those people just plain can not THINK. The result is an increasing social burden of un-dead weight - which keeps the L.I.F.E.R. bureaucrats in the welfare system busy.

The big lie/question is whether or not the velocity of those government dollars is able to sustain the system.

Didn’t seem to work so well for Venezuela... or any other Jesuit/communist experiment.


10 posted on 05/20/2017 5:24:10 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Beave Meister

Good weather, easy to live with minimal “housing”,
Welfare brings income up to real “poverty line” (existential sustenance).
Cheap legal dope provides occupying entertainment.
Quite an acceptable life for many.
Only problem is such a life contributes nothing to its own continuance, leaching off the abundance of the productive.


11 posted on 05/20/2017 5:25:43 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Steely Tom

Durango-Silverton still runs. The problem with Durango and the legal pot is that it is the biggest city near the 4 corners (of 4 states) area.


12 posted on 05/20/2017 5:28:04 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: Beave Meister

No problem. With all that extra tax money, Gov. Chickenpooper can house the homeless in local hotels, feed them at local restaurants, and provide them with free medical marijuana under Medicaid.


13 posted on 05/20/2017 5:30:36 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Dan Rather, a 60 Minutes Investigative Reporter for CBS, invented "Fake News"-fake but accurate.)
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To: Beave Meister

My favorite SW Colorado town overran with bums. certainly not the mining town I first visited back in 1954!
I remember when Silverton had dirt streets and horse hitches in front of the stores.

And Pagosa Springs now has a Walmart!


14 posted on 05/20/2017 5:32:19 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
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To: Beave Meister

15 posted on 05/20/2017 5:35:21 PM PDT by wyokostur
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To: ClearCase_guy

Problem is now that it’s legal in Colorado it isnt good enough. People are looking for stronger and stronger stuff. A good friend who’s a parole officer there says that this stuff called tar is now the rage. Little towns are overrun with this kind of crap. Where does it end? Within a 10 mile radius where we have a summer retreat in the mountains there are no less than 5 some sort of pot shop; edibles, medicinal so on, plus the dumb ass neighbor that sells it out of his home because he claims some sort of sickness that gives him the privilege of growing it. Night and day there’s some scuss bag up and down our used to be desolate dirt road. Once a beautiful getaway is dotted with trailers, lean tos and communes. Trying to sell and get far away.


16 posted on 05/20/2017 5:35:55 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: dynachrome; Steely Tom

**Durango-Silverton still runs.***

I remember when it ran down to Aztec and Farmington. The tracks were east-west in front (north) of the hospital back then.


17 posted on 05/20/2017 5:37:14 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
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To: Beave Meister
Durango was a nice town. We did the train with my son when he was little. Good to know that it has turned into a hole if we ever want to return so that we can avoid it.
18 posted on 05/20/2017 5:38:28 PM PDT by dhs12345
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Why am I not surprised. Human nature is so predictable. More to follow.


19 posted on 05/20/2017 5:40:07 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Beave Meister

Sorry but you asked for it with your drug vote


20 posted on 05/20/2017 5:40:52 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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