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DENVER -- Some prosecutors in Colorado say they're noticing a new trend: An increase in murders motivated by marijuana.
In Aurora, the last 10 of 15 drug-related homicide cases were connected to marijuana.
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said it's not the big-time dealers who are involved. For the most part, it has been the small-time ones on the streets.
"There is increased crime, sometimes violent crime, associated with legalization of marijuana," Brauchler said. "That's not what you'd expect. You'd expect the harder-core drugs."
Man recent marijuana murder cases involve small-time street dealers getting killed for their marijuana and money.
"If cash is the only way to acquire marijuana, crime follows cash," Brauchler said.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066092998 said:Prosecutors: Colorado seeing increase in murders motivated by marijuana | FOX31 Denver
What happened to the idea that legalizing marijuana would reduce crime?
Yes, no stats or anything conclusive, but some prosecutors said it, so it must be true!
Aurora was always an iffy place before anyway. that's where that theater shooting happened and there's a bit more crime there in general. Could legalized marijuana cause some problems? Possibly. But stats will need to be aggregated and proper correlations made before one can say anything with any amount of understanding.
And street-dealers tend not to be the legal type. The dispensaries are well regulated and safe.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066093709 said:If street dealers are undercutting the regulated legal trade, I would think crime will still occur from buying/selling pot.
Even if street dealers are selling at competitive prices, we all know what type of crime the drug trade begets, even pot, and its usually not petty larceny.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066093709 said:If street dealers are undercutting the regulated legal trade, I would think crime will still occur from buying/selling pot.
Even if street dealers are selling at competitive prices, we all know what type of crime the drug trade begets, even pot, and its not usually petty larceny.
Legalisation encourages use but does the legal supply meet that demand? I don’t believe there are that many legal points of sale, they’ll have various overheads illegal street dealers won’t to push up their prices and there may be concern from some potential customers of government records/monitoring (rational or not). I also suspect there’s actually less threat to the illegal dealers from the police given that legalisation is promoted as an opportunity to reduce the level of resources they put in to it and legalisation means the police would need stronger evidence to investigate someone suspected of dealing since possession of even a significant quantity of marihuana is no longer necessarily illegal.So drug dealers are getting shot and they say the legalization of marijuana contributes to that? I don't get their reasoning.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066092998 said:Prosecutors: Colorado seeing increase in murders motivated by marijuana | FOX31 Denver
What happened to the idea that legalizing marijuana would reduce crime?
I read this thread, and was thinking "just how much does weed cost in legal Colorado?"
Colorado Weed Prices - PriceOfWeed.com
well just ask price of weed .com.
So High quality between $90 and $300 an ounce (Wow).
It sounds like there is plenty of room for the black market to still make a profit,
considering, it could be a home grown operation.
That entire post is built upon "if"....
Colorado law enforcement officials interviewed by the Police Foundation are convinced that the black and the gray markets are thriving in Colorado primarily through unregulated grows, large quantities of marijuana stashed in homes, and by undercutting the price of legitimate marijuana sales. In fact, police have stated that legalized marijuana may have increased the illegal drug trade. Low-level drug dealers, looking to profit from access to an abundance of marijuana, have an open market to grow illegal amounts of marijuana and sell through the black market. Or they can purchase excess marijuana from caregivers growing marijuana for patients but divert their excess crop illegally – the gray market.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066092998 said:Prosecutors: Colorado seeing increase in murders motivated by marijuana | FOX31 Denver
What happened to the idea that legalizing marijuana would reduce crime?
Man recent marijuana murder cases involve small-time street dealers getting killed for their marijuana and money.
"If cash is the only way to acquire marijuana, crime follows cash," Brauchler said.
The solution is obvious. Buy pot with plastic, just as we buy everything else. The problem isn't the marijuana, but the cash.
That is certainly an interesting proposal.
The solution is obvious. Buy pot with plastic, just as we buy everything else. The problem isn't the marijuana, but the cash.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066099752 said:Another big Gubment supporter...
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066092998 said:Prosecutors: Colorado seeing increase in murders motivated by marijuana | FOX31 Denver
What happened to the idea that legalizing marijuana would reduce crime?
Legalizing pot and allowing it to be sold like any other commodity is "big gubment" in whose parallel universe?
Codswollop.
"Some prosecutors" miss the **easy income** generated from marijuana "offenses" that are no longer offenses. :coffeepap
I live in a state where recreational use is legal. I don't know a single person that goes to a "street dealer" anymore. Why would they? Particularly when, at the dispensary, you can order off a menu & get exactly what you pay for? Heck, some of these places are downright swanky...
Farma - Modern Medicine | Portland Dispensary
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066108008 said:No, supporting the elimination of cash is embracing big government/big brother.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1066108079 said:So your experiences are comprehensive enough to reflect what's going on in Colorado? I highly doubt it.
Look at my location. Oregon.
And yes, living in one of 5 states that actually has it legalized, I do feel qualified to comment.
My parents live in Georgia, I went to college in Atlanta. There is a world of difference between states that have legalized it (even just medically) and those that haven't. You may as well be in a different country, practically speaking.
Counties/cities/states collect a ton of revenue for bull**** possession charges. They don't want to give that up.
It's not rocket science
Plus they can seize assets - trucks, cars, boats, real property, whatever - by claiming that the property was used in the drug trade. It's an unconstitutional license to steal.
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