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Despite dire predictions, Denver crime falls over 10 percent in wake of pot legalization

Juan Cole 06/08/2014

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Despite dire predictions, Denver crime falls over 10 percent in wake of pot legalization (via Raw Story )

Despite dire predictions by anti-marijuana activists, overall crime rates in the city of Denver are down more than five months after legal marijuana sales began in the Rocky Mountain state. According to the Denver Department of Public Safety, rates…



 

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The Young Turks: from last month: “3 Months After Legalization, Colorado Is Overrun With Way Less Crime”

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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