Marijuana users don't go on crime sprees. Their crimes are ones of negligence. The mother who put her baby on top of the car then drove off. The person who forgot they left the stove on, candle burning or the baby in the bathtub. Like my step granddaughter who put a six year old as baby sitter of an 8 month old, took the three year old to the store and forgot the child until she got hit by a car. That's what pot users do. Pot users don't beat their wives, they forgot to put the brownies away until the children are poisoned. I have relatives in Colorado, since pot was declared legal, the veterinarians have seen a boom in treating animals that have been poisoned by pot. Use among children has skyrocketed with the result that schools are dealing with kids too high to learn anything.
Pot might be worse than heroin simply because it is more insideous. However, there is nothing to stop legalization as long as others are permitted to protect themselves without legal impediment.
Do you have a link proving these accusations concerning Colorado? They just passed the law in November.
Drug Testing Company Sees Spike In Children Using Marijuana « CBS Denver
Colorado Vets See Spike In Cases Of ?Stoner Dogs? « CBS Denver
Dogs getting high on marijuana is an increasing problem in Colorado, vets say* - NY Daily News
What a very sad world we are creating. Perhaps, in time, the addicts will kill themselves off, but between now and then, we have a very bad way to go.
How does marijuana use affect school, work, and social life? | National Institute on Drug Abuse
Those poor children, thinking they are just having fun. But then the whole world has come down to just having fun.
Are they having the same problem in Washington? It seems that they came up with these statistics quickly, considering that it was just passed in November. Can you even buy it legally in Colorado yet?