Pubdate: Thu, 01 Aug 2013
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2013 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Sonny Meyers
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n366/a04.html

MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CITY CRIME RATES

Re: "Denver pushes pot sales tax," July 30 news story.

Your article quotes Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey alluding 
to the "ugly secret" of rising violence associated with medical 
marijuana, counting 12 homicides and "hundreds of robberies."

There is no ugly secret. When normal banking channels are denied to 
the medical marijuana industry, forcing law-abiding businesses to 
deal in cash only (a fact Morrissey failed to mention), it's not 
surprising the crime rate has jumped.

Sonny Meyers,

Littleton
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