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DENVER - Decriminalizing marijuana in Colorado has caused a different kind of high for Denver Police -- a high in the amount of marijuana the department is confiscating. It's up nearly 1,000 percent since 2011.
According to DPD records, police seized 8,092 pounds in 2014 compared to 937 in 2011.
"Colorado has become a source state for marijuana for the rest of the country," said Lt. James Henning, with DPD's Vice/Narcotics Bureau." In Colorado, the marijuana we grow here generally sells for $2,000 to $2,400 a pound. That same pound of marijuana, sold on the East Coast, is worth about $5,500 to $6,000."
Henning said that's causing people from all over the world to come to Colorado to grow.
"There's a lot of loopholes in the law right now," he said.
One of the loopholes is ... Read More : http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...000-increase-in-marijuana-seizures-since-2011
According to DPD records, police seized 8,092 pounds in 2014 compared to 937 in 2011.
"Colorado has become a source state for marijuana for the rest of the country," said Lt. James Henning, with DPD's Vice/Narcotics Bureau." In Colorado, the marijuana we grow here generally sells for $2,000 to $2,400 a pound. That same pound of marijuana, sold on the East Coast, is worth about $5,500 to $6,000."
Henning said that's causing people from all over the world to come to Colorado to grow.
"There's a lot of loopholes in the law right now," he said.
One of the loopholes is ... Read More : http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...000-increase-in-marijuana-seizures-since-2011
