> According to government data, the Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9% since recreational marijuana use was legalized in January. I thi

> According to government data, the Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9% since recreational marijuana use was legalized in January. I think it's probably a stretch to link these two things together... Also, it sounds like the government is already writing checks based on "predicted" income levels 4x what they are today. I think legalization is a good idea but I wish people would give things a couple years before drawing meaningful conclusions from the data.