"Defying projections, crime has dropped since the law went into effect January 1, and the flow of new tax revenue, more than $2 million a month, is on par with the state’s haul from alcohol taxes. Is this what the pot-friendly future of America looks like?"<p>It sounds like all rainbows and unicorns right? Well, not exactly. . .<p>"Marijuana is by far the No. 1 cause of student expulsions from Colorado public schools" - <a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/more-younger-students-bringing-marijuana-to-schools-around-colorado-investigators-claim" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/more-younger...</a><p>"Colo. kids getting into parents' pot-laced goodies" - <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/02/marijuana-pot-edibles-colorado/7154651/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/02/marijua...</a><p>"Colorado News: Pot problems in Colorado schools increase with legalization" - <a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/news/marijuana/8877953-113/marijuana-schools-colorado-kids" rel="nofollow">http://www.summitdaily.com/news/marijuana/8877953-113/mariju...</a><p>"Harmless pot? New marijuana study shows brain damage in those 18-25" - <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865601141/Harmless-pot-New-marijuana-study-shows-brain-damage-in-those-18-25.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865601141/Harmless-pot-Ne...</a><p>Yeah the tax benefits are great for the state, but there's going to be a lot of unintended consequences. Not sure I'd want my kids getting exposed to this at a young age.<p>EDIT: I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Downvotes for a one article and nobody presenting any fear of their kids being involved with pot at an early age.<p>I will simply leave with you a family friends comment to me who's been a drug counsellor for 25 years, "In my 25 years of practice, all of my patients who came to me seeking help with their addictions, they all had one thing in common - they all started with marijuana."