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As another year comes to a close and Colorado gets ready to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the nation’s first legal recreational cannabis sale, the Centennial State’s adult-use experiment has been lauded by politicians and pot smokers alike. Reports indicate that the legal industry has brought in millions of dollars in tax revenue, an economic boom from Denver to Durango, and decreased drug use in Colorado schools. But is Colorado cannabis legalization really as successfully regimented and regulated as lawmakers think? If you ask local cops, the answer is a resounding no.
Less than a month after the release of yet another study claiming that legalization has only decreased the amount of cannabis use by Colorado teens, a number of school-specific law enforcement officials and education professionals have spoken up to publicly refute the research. Instead, they claim that local teens are using significantly more cannabis than before the plant was legalized, citing inconsistent disciplinary tactics and reporting techniques for spreading what they say is a false narrative.
According to the Denver Post, police assigned to the state’s public schools, or school resource…
