• According to the Department of Health and Human Services, Colorado holds the top ranking for first time marijuana use among youth in the country (This is the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the only population wide, national drug survey for all Americans 12 and older.)9 Other studies showing no increase are not representative of the whole state.

• The top states for marijuana use in the US all have relaxed laws.

• Young adult use has been skyrocketing, especially in legal states. 10

• Marijuana-related ER visits by Colorado teens on the rise since legalization.11

• Studies have shown mental illness is on the rise in legal states.12 • AAA has reported that fatalities among people who have recently used marijuana have doubled since legalization in Washington State.13

• 70% of CO dispensaries are recommending THC products to pregnant mothers for nausea.16

• The crime rate in Colorado has increased 11 times faster than the rest of the nation since legalization. with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reporting an 8.3% increase in property crimes and 18.6% increase in violent crimes.

• In Colorado and Washington State, marijuana-impaired driving fatalities have more than doubled.18

• A study by the Colorado Division of criminal Justice found of the 4,000 drivers tested for marijuana in 2016, 73 percent were found to have the drug in their system.20

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