In other words, as youth over time have become less likely to engage in bad behavior or criminal activity, they have also become less likely to abuse pot.
Listen to our podcast interview with writer Greg Miller on the impact of legal pot on opioid abuse. .
No one is accusing Coke of shenanigans in those traditional honey pots of accounting abuse.
The temptation to abuse your pot of blusher is mercifully reduced this season, as soft pinks are everywhere and – unlike tawnier shades – they insist on the creation of a flushed glow rather than super-sharp cheekbones.
But while drug warriors have touted this as evidence of a marijuana abuse epidemic, pot policy reformers have noted that the large majority of these patients have been referred by the criminal justice system, which has expanded options for treatment over jail time or other penalties.
The concerted GOP hysteria over welfare abuse in pot shops comes after a Feb. report by Fox31 Denver that claimed "welfare clients used state-issued debit cards inside marijuana retail stores to collect cash at least 56 times for a total of $3,895" in one month.
In addition to Kafon, the artists Hamzaoui Med Amine and Klay BBJ have become well known for their weed anthems and criticism of the routine police abuse endured by pot smokers.
"The Wild and Wonderful Whites," a sequel of sorts to "Dancing Outlaw," spends a year with Jesco and his mother, sisters, nieces, nephews and other friends and relations, following them into and out of prisons, hospitals, rehab centers and a good many nights of drinking, pot-smoking and prescription drug abuse.
New York has already decriminalized cannabis possession, though harsh penalties still exist for anybody found using it in a public place or showing it in public view -- a loophole that pot reformers claim has been abused by law enforcement.
