Outgoing U.S. Attorney: Legal Marijuana Not What It Was Billed As
The outgoing U.S. Attorney for Colorado will soon be leaving his office as a new administration in Washington brings a changing of the guard. But before he goes out the door, Bob Troyer has a message of caution for the public on marijuana.
CBS4’s Rick Sallinger sat down with Troyer and asked him about the predictions that legalization of pot would lead to less crime. Troyer had a quick answer.
“Absolutely not,” Troyer said. “It has not led to a reduction in crime.”
For example, he points to what he calls a booming black market for cannabis ...
“We have now, for the first time in the history of Colorado, become the theater of operations for international drug trafficking organizations who make their product in our state.”
He cites Chinese, Cuban and Mexican groups renting or buying the houses, growing pot and selling it out of state ...