Western Colorado law enforcement officials say that Colorado has now become a magnet for criminals coming to take advantage of the state's marijuana laws.
A little over a week later, a 51-year old Palisade man was shot and killed in different incident related to a large pot grow operation. So far, there have been no arrests in the case.
“Legalization was supposed to get rid of the black market – it hasn’t done that – I would estimate that the black market has grown 20 fold since legalization,” said Gaasche.
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[2] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/colorado%2A
[3] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/legislation
[4] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/crime
[5] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/black-market