GOP Rep: Homeless People Moving To Colorado Because Of Legal Weed

[DonViejo]

By DANIEL STRAUSS Published SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT

Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) warned about the dangers of marijuana, arguing that weed is worse than cigarettes and has caused an increase in the number of homeless people moving to Colorado.

Fleming's comments came during a speech at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.

Fleming said that the social experiment of Colorado allowing recreational pot sales has not "brought an avalanche of revenue." Instead, Fleming said, it's caused an increase in "the number of homeless people" moving to Colorado.

In the same speech Fleming argued that marijuana is not, in fact, harmless by saying that marijuana contains qualities that are "four times more potent than tobacco, which is known to cause" cancer.

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[politicat]

1. Uh... No.

We have a seasonal migration, but this is the time of year when numbers decrease.

The local shelter is not seeing an increase. Where is this psychic getting his data?

[SomethingFishy]

2. ROFLMAO.. Yeah homeless people are paying $130 a quarter for weed..

And actually it has brought an "avalanche" of revenue, more than even predicted. Not to mention that but why does he give a fuck about what goes on in Colorado? I thought the GOP was all about "states rights".

[Egnever]

5. 130 a quarter?

Not sure where you are going but when I was there a month ago prices weren't nearly that high.

[SomethingFishy]

6. I frequent a number of places...

and yeah the "Top Shelf" is $130 after taxes. I can get quarters of lesser shit for $100, and Shake for $60. I have actually been using Vapor Cartridges which end up being much cheaper, and there is no smell...

[PeoViejo]

3. Gee, if the Feds legalized Weed

The Homeless would have nowhere to go.

[madokie]

4. Or they'd just go everywhere

do this mothercrunchers ever think this shit through before they say it?

[jwirr]

7. Oh, sure. Someone who cannot afford a home is buying a ticket to move to Colorado where it will

soon be freezing cold with piles of snow. What an idiot.