{"id":51917,"date":"2017-11-14T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=51917"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:09:25","slug":"consequences-of-marijuana-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/consequences-of-marijuana-legalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Consequences of Marijuana Legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: Colorado Springs Gazette Opinion, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180418030521\/http:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/article\/5571976?access=271bc4bd30590a3723082980c3da7fef\">Five years later, Colorado sees toll of pot legalization<\/a>&#8220;,\u00a0<em>The Oklahoman<\/em>, 14 November 2017.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Five years of retail pot coincide with five years of a homelessness growth rate that ranks among the highest rates in the country. Directors of homeless shelters, and people who live on the streets, tell us homeless substance abusers migrate here for easy access to pot.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&#8230; a doubling in the number of drivers involved in fatal crashes who tested positive for marijuana, based on research by the pro-legalization Denver Post.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8221; &#8220;An investigation by Education News Colorado, Solutions and the I-News Network shows drug violations reported by Colorado&#8217;s K-12 schools have increased 45 percent in the past four years, even as the combined number of all other violations has fallen,&#8221; explains an expose on escalating pot use in schools by Rocky Mountain PBS in late 2016. The investigation found an increase in high school drug violations of 71 percent since legalization. School suspensions for drugs increased 45 percent.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found Colorado ranks first in the country for marijuana use among teens, scoring well above the national average.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Colorado Springs Gazette Opinion, &#8220;Five years later, Colorado sees toll of pot legalization&#8220;,\u00a0The Oklahoman, 14 November 2017. &#8220;Five years of retail pot coincide with five years of a homelessness growth rate that ranks among the highest rates in the country. Directors of homeless shelters, and people who live on the streets, tell us homeless&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[372,540],"class_list":["post-51917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-drugs","tag-marijuana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54151,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-what-they-told-you-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":51917,"position":0},"title":"Not What They Told You &#8211; Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Jeremiah 5:21-31 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It sounds noble \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We need to legalize medical marijuana! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But instead of controlled studies where the effectiveness of a derivative drug is analyzed for its benefits versus its harm, the door is thrown wide open. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is an oil extract from marijuana\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37207,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-christians-support-the-legalization-of-marijuana-for-medical-use\/","url_meta":{"origin":51917,"position":1},"title":"Should Christians support the legalization of marijuana for medical use?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, I am a Christian, and I do not imbibe alcohol or any other drugs for recreational purposes. I have in the past (my youth) partaken in sinful inebriation, but have been sober for several years and have since been baptized. My question is whether or not you think\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5445,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/accumulative-marijuana-use-impacts-short-term-memory\/","url_meta":{"origin":51917,"position":2},"title":"Accumulative Marijuana use impacts short-term memory","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Christopher Ingraham, \"What happens when you get stoned every single day for five years,\" Washington Post, 1 Feb 2016. \"If you smoke a lot of weed \u2014 like a\u00a0lot of it \u2014 it can potentially do permanent damage\u00a0to your short-term memory.\" \"The study found that people who smoked marijuana\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5449,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/attempts-to-compensate-for-damage-hides-marijuana-effects-in-the-short-term\/","url_meta":{"origin":51917,"position":3},"title":"Attempts to Compensate for Damage Hides Marijuana Effects in the Short Term","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Alice G. Walton, \"The Brain May Compensate For Heavy Pot Smoking -- Until It Can't Anymore,\" Forbes, 11 Nov 2014. \"The research, published in\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that an area in the front of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is smaller in people who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35917,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/illogical-reasons-for-decriminalizing-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":51917,"position":4},"title":"Illogical Reasons for Decriminalizing Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Paul Hammel, \"Ideas to ease pot laws just blowin' in the wind,\" Omaha World-Herald, 20 November 2012. People continue to promote illogical fixes to problems. Iowa Representative Bruce Hunter wants to decriminalize marijuana possession. His reason? \"He is pushing decriminalization of pot because sending users to prison contributes to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44413,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-truth-about-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":51917,"position":5},"title":"The Truth About Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I run into so many people who argue that there is nothing harmful about marijuana that I thought it best to share this video about the actual facts. Argument: You should have the right to do what you want with your own body The argument is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}