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   From: blue.blunders@denverpost.com   
      
   Lou Bricano  wrote in   
   news:fH6KM.898029$mPI2.382932@fx15.iad:   
      
   > Colorado is run by morons.  They should have never allowed   
   > legalization of pot or other drugs, but Democrats did it.   
      
   DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has one of the worst drug problems in the   
   country, according to analysts, and the worst piece of the puzzle   
   involves law enforcement.   
      
   Financial advice site WalletHub‘s researchers analyzed three aspects of   
   the issue – drug use, drug health issues and rehabilitation, and law   
   enforcement. These include 20 separate metrics from federal and   
   nonprofit data such as the rates of teen and adult use, overdose rates   
   and their recent growth, drug arrest rates and policies, and   
   rehabilitation accessibility.   
      
   Colorado had one of the highest drug abuse rates in 2021   
   Each metric was given a weighted score among U.S. states and lumped into   
   an overall score. Colorado ranks 5th overall – just behind Louisiana and   
   ahead of Missouri.   
      
      
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   Among the three broad categories, it isn’t Colorado’s drug use directly   
   that makes it score so highly on the list of issues. It ranks 17th for   
   drug use and 17th for drug health and rehabilitation.   
      
   It ranks 4th in the U.S. for law enforcement, meaning the fourth highest   
   combined rates of drug arrests, drug arrests on campuses, and the   
   presence of employment and maternity-related drug laws.   
      
   There is not a strong regional correlation among the states with the   
   highest or lowest overall scores. Hawaii, Utah, Florida, Minnesota and   
   Idaho have the lowest overall scores for drug issues, while New Mexico,   
   West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Colorado have the   
   highest. Generally, states in the South and lower Midwest tend to have   
   higher rates, while upper Midwest states have lower rates.   
      
   https://kdvr.com/news/data/colorado-among-the-worst-states-in-the-country-   
   for-drug-use-study-says/   
      
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