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    XrdsAlumAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:30pm

    Cops will be cops, but the real story here is the brilliance of Valley’s Pizza Land store location strategy.

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      tzimtzum does not existXrdsAlum
      5/18/16 2:34pm

      Seriously every dispensary I have frequented here in glorious CO has been stumbling distance -if not wedged between - a liquor store, pizza place, or fast food establishment. Location, location, location.

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      OMG!PONIES!XrdsAlum
      5/18/16 2:34pm

      It's like locating a Curves weight loss clinic above a Popeyes.

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    IanAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:27pm

    Kind of odd reasoning. I’d think legalizing weed would increase tax revenues, which could in turn be partially channeled to funding the police force, among other things.

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      dothedewIan
      5/18/16 2:28pm

      Too indirect and too many competing parties for that extra tax money.

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      DarthPumpkinIan
      5/18/16 2:29pm

      I get your thinking, but the money wouldn’t go to police directly like it does now, and there are lots of other initiatives in CA that could soak up the revenue.

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    gramercypoliceAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:32pm

    Policing is big business.

    Actually, I wonder... If you compiled the budgets of all the police departments in the US, where would that aggregate dollar amount rank in the Fortune 500? Then add in all the lawsuit settlements and fines for wrongful death and other rulings against police misbehavior, and now what would that ranking be? That would be an interesting exercise and it would give us a good idea of the relative lobbying power and need for self-preservation in that field of work. And it would help explain the “keep things illegal so we have money to pursue the people violating the laws that exist primarily to justify our professional existence” attitude of their lobbying groups.

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and Bokegramercypolice
      5/18/16 2:33pm

      How would you measure the intangible benefits of keeping the underclasses in check?

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      Not Dick Tricklegramercypolice
      5/18/16 2:34pm

      I would enjoy seeing such an analysis, and I agree with your general hypothesis.

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    CatdogWhispererAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:29pm

    I can understand this backwards way of thinking. I once fought to keep anti-sodomy laws on the books. It just feels better when it's illegal!

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      XrdsAlumCatdogWhisperer
      5/18/16 2:38pm

      It’s like those suburban white kids who think they’re outlaws and rebels because they listen to Bob Marley while smoking weed.

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      handmadeproteinshakeCatdogWhisperer
      5/18/16 3:16pm

      You’re my favorite sodomite!

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    GrizzlyAdamsBeardAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:27pm

    Does anyone else find it repulsive that private prisons are pouring money into lobbying efforts to give judges more reason to lock us up?

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      dothedewGrizzlyAdamsBeard
      5/18/16 2:29pm

      yes

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      thethinwhitedukeGrizzlyAdamsBeard
      5/18/16 2:31pm

      They’re looking after their interests. What’s repulsive is that no one has called them out on it in any meaningful, binding way. Same with Civil Seizure.

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    ArkAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:31pm

    Watch for a 80,000% increase in traffic tickets the day legalization passes.

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      Jason SmithArk
      5/18/16 3:42pm

      For driving too slow?

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      BIMming ItArk
      5/18/16 4:03pm

      Either that, or they’ll threaten to stop enforcing... like they do every other time they don’t get their way.

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    ThesaurusRex4LifeAndy Cush
    5/18/16 3:08pm

    Man, your byline is quickly becoming synonymous with shitty click bait reporting. Weed legalization is likely coming despite anybody’s efforts, but let’s not pretend that cops don’t have valid reasons for not liking marijuana legalization. For one, OWIs are impacted by marijuana legalization in that nobody has found a magic solution to show a person is currently stoned due to urine tests unreliability when it comes to timeframes for marijuama use. Legalization has caused headaches for law enforcement in the spots it has been legalized. And California’s marijuana laws are far from draconian especially when it comes to possession.

    Now should it be legalized despite all that? Yeah, I think it should. But have an honest argument rather than this and your car murder story from yesterday. Grow up and debate like an adult.

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      NicoThesaurusRex4Life
      5/18/16 4:18pm

      It's weird to be worried about marijuana legalization and driving under the influence. If someone is driving dangerously, there's already laws about that... I'd think distracted driving would be the most likely charge related to driving stoned. Alcohol needed a lot of it's own specific shit because over time we saw that it is obscenely dangerous and cost a lot of lives, the only reason to consider treating pot the same would be if accident rates skyrocketed after legalization, which it almost definitely wont.

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      ThesaurusRex4LifeNico
      5/18/16 6:08pm

      There are problems with it. It’s something that needs to be addressed before marijuana legislation. The main problem is if something is legal and it stays in your system for a week or more, then the chemical test for it isn’t very good for OWI testing purposes. So the problems are you either prosecute people for testing positive even if they aren’t under the influence, or you have problems proving it. In most states right now, it is illegal to drive if you test positive. That’s obviously got to change if the substance is legal, right?

      And driving stoned is fucked up. We all have seen the effects of marijuana on people and we all know we wouldn't be comfortable with people driving out and out stoned

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    Johnny ChundersAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:40pm

    What everyone here is forgetting is that the legalization of the pots is extremely dangerous.

    Look at Oregon! It’s basically been burnt to the ground. Roving gangs looking for their next fix have made the highways to dangerous to traverse. Every woman in the state is pregnant with a reefer baby.

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      festivusaziliJohnny Chunders
      5/18/16 2:45pm

      They did just vote for Bernie, which is essentially the same thing.

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      BIMming ItJohnny Chunders
      5/18/16 4:02pm

      You’re right! Come to think of it, I haven’t heard ANYTHING about Colorado since they legalized. I assume that it’s some sort of nuclear wasteland now, with packs of feral humans banding together to hunt.

      People just don’t think about the consequences when they’re hooked on the dope.

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    Tableau VivantAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:26pm

    Or it’s because cops see firsthand the effects of marijuana use and want to protect communities because that’s kinda there job?

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      AlmightyPoopcatTableau Vivant
      5/18/16 2:48pm

      Oh?

      I’ve never heard of someone who smoked a bunch of weed then beat the shit out of the wife and kids.

      The only thing cops are “protecting” is their self-serving statutory right to steal property from individuals they merely accuse of drug offenses under “civil forfeiture” and “equitable sharing” laws which unconstitutionally subvert the accused’s Constitutional right to due process.

      Wouldn’t it be nice if cops thought the Constitution was a law worth enforcing?

      Stealing is a crime, not a right.

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      NicoTableau Vivant
      5/18/16 4:13pm

      lol, yea, the HORROR! You should see it. One time, my friend did pot, and then he ate a big mac! Then, he smoked more pot, and he ate a candy bar! Then, and this is the worst part, he did more pot, and he took a nap. A NAP! It's a terrifying thing to behold.

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    X37.9XXSAndy Cush
    5/18/16 2:52pm

    The entire War on Drugs is a gigantic boondoggle

    The Feds route billions to local law enforcement for waste programs like D.A.R.E., etc. The local polizei happily cooperate as this means lots and lots of pretties from the Feds. Also, just trying getting your stuff back from confiscation, even if the case is thrown out.

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      jokepitchX37.9XXS
      5/18/16 3:49pm

      I sometimes think the war on drugs is only still going in order to keep words like boondoggle in the vernacular.

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      Nicojokepitch
      5/18/16 4:07pm

      And suddenly I'm a proponent of the war on drugs.

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