A Colorado Police Chief from Erie, Colorado, has issued a statement warning Alaskan Police Chiefs of problems that have risen after legalizing marijuana.
Chief Marco Vasquez, who is also the Committee Chair of the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, has stated, “Many of our communities are also experiencing butane hash oil extraction explosions in residences as well as an increase in neighborhood complaints involving noxious odors. We are also seeing an increase in the homeless population, many of whom are saying that they moved to Colorado because of marijuana legalization.”
Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police Executive Director Kalie Klaysmat has issued a variety of statements against the legalization of marijuana.
She testified at the September 21 public hearing on Alaska’s marijuana initiative.
Klaysmat: “The data that is coming out of Colorado and even the beginning data coming out of Washington tells a frightening story, our fellow chiefs association in Colorado is having a great deal of buyers remorse as they are seeing the statistics changing in that state and we are concerned about such things happening here. We are also at the cost that we think this will be just to the municipal tax payers in order to provide just the education that our law enforcement officers are going to need to properly handle the issues that are going to arise doing traffic stops with more impaired drivers on the road.”
Alaskans will vote on Ballot Measure 2, whether to regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol, on November 4.