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It will increase traffic and pedestrian deaths.   Every state thats legalized recreational use has seen increased fatalities.  
Most fatalities are among people of color. 
Most are in equity emphasis areas. 
The state leadership has not set out explicit approaches it will take THIS SESSION to mitigate the documented harms of legalization.

It has not been studied anywhere near as extensively as alcohol.  A smart state would have done the prep work first.  Not after it actually kills more people.

We are no longer smart.   [/quote]

Complete and utter bullshit. Not a sentence of this is true.[/quote]

I will never convince someone who writes like a 12 year old.  But for others who have an open mind and want to make an educated vote, here's the truth.

[b]Increases traffic deaths:[/b]
“The legalization of marijuana doesn’t come without a cost,” says lead researcher Charles M. Farmer, Ph.D., of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Ruckersville, Va.

After legalization and the launch of retail sales, there was a 5.8% rise in the incidence of traffic collision injuries and a 4.1% increase in the rate of fatal crashes, according to Farmer and colleagues’ analysis of five states that permit people age 21 and older to consume marijuana recreationally. In a comparative group of states without marijuana legalization, the researchers did not see any rise during the same period." https://scitechdaily.com/legalization-of-marijuana-linked-to-an-increase-in-traffic-crashes-and-deaths/

Colorado specific, which does an incrdible annual report showing differences in several health measures from when it was illegal, to when it was decriminalized, to when medical marijuana was legalized, to when recreational marijuana use was legalized.   29% traffic fatality increase the since they legalized recreational cannabis.  https://www.rmhidta.org/_files/ugd/4a67c3_b391ac360f974a8bbf868d2e3e25df3d.pdf

[b]Traffic fatalities hurt people of color more:[/b]
"When accounting for miles traveled during biking, walking, or driving, Black and Hispanic Americans experience higher motor vehicle-related death rates than White Americans or Asian Americans."
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/racial-disparities-traffic-fatalities/#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20by%20Boston,larger%20than%20previous%20estimates%20show.

[b]And right here in MoCo:[/b]
"Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black/African American residents have a 33% higher traffic fatality rate compared to Non-Hispanic White residents."
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/visionzero/Resources/Files/Equity%20Task%20Force%20Framework%20FINAL.pdf

[img]https://ibb.co/MGgbY6c[/img]   Pedestrian crashes overlap our equity focus areas.

State leadership is looking at legalization only through the harms of cannabis arrests, and not at the harms of cannabis misuse.   
They care solely about their new tax revenue source. [/quote]

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