Lunyfringe
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laughably naive... "There is nothing to support that?" There are plenty of studies showing significant increases in addiction rates in Colorado, MJ, Heroin, opioids...Its not a naive view at all, you are talking about a college student which is prone to making dumbass decisions. You arent going to have thousands/millions give up on life to get high on pot or any drug whatsoever. There is nothing to support that.... I can see the possibility of people moving to colorado and getting high all the time, no doubt. However, its the same percentage of the population that were just potheads elsewhere and moved. Also, just like anything else, if something was illegal and people liked to do it previously and you legalize it all of a sudden theres a spike in usage but it returns back to normal levels within a period of time.
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/chart...rowing-heroin-prescription-drug-abuse-problem
https://www.aspenridgenorth.com/blog/21-colorado-addiction-facts-may-surprise/
Even the state acknowledges the problem:
https://colorado.gov/pacific/marijuana/addiction
The college student I knew was just one example, there are literally thousands+ that are throwing their lives away... you could argue that's their choice, but denying it is happening is just denial.