"Legalization has not been the tax boom that it was sold as, and there are many more impacts that are not being reported with the use and abuse in CO."
Perhaps CO was considering the impact/facts that illegal marijuana constitutes at least 65, 70% of MX drug cartel income (DEA & FBI) and has therefore been the predominant substance responsible for the proliferation of transnational gangs, U.S. street gangs, gun availability, associated street crime, etc. Also, illegal marijuana is a tool toward addiction for heroin, meth, etc., because when it's illegal and in the hands of stated brokers, it's oftentimes laced with heroin, meth and even worse, PCP. CO doesn't readily know the overwhelming violence associated with PCP because you all have a predominance of legit LE. PCP is another tool to illicit violence in specific neighborhoods/people. A little research will demonstrate where it typically always somehow manages to "land" somehow.
I support CO in the legalization of marijuana.