Cenk Uygur
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Where Do Most Marijuana Shops Get Setup?
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January 9, 2016
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6:25Now PlayingBecause of zoning laws in Denver many marijuana dispensaries are established in poor or working class neighborhoods. Does this increased availability hurt these communities? Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (ThinkTank) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“Denver officials just noticed a troubling pattern in the location of the city’s marijuana businesses.
A Jan. 3 analysis by the Denver Post found that companies with pot licenses in the city, where cannabis use has been legal since 2014, are mostly in low-income neighborhoods with high proportions of ethnic minorities. Just three of those neighborhoods account for about a quarter of local marijuana-related facilities.
Residents of those areas complain about the smell that wafts out of the grows, and say they worry about a rise in crime and youth drug use.”
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