That statistic is cherry picked from a list of 36 at http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/720/documents/statistics/20... and has a relatively low sample size.

If you can't find a statistic to cherry pick for your argument in a list of 36 you have a very bad argument.

• Arson has doubled since legalization! Bunch of flaming stoners.

• Embezzlement is down 88%! Who knew this was all society needed to fortify people's fiduciary responsibilities.

Click through the link provided to see the raw data. Murder figure looks a little cherry picked. It went from 17 to 9. It was a very cold winter on top of that. Temperature is highly corralled with crime.

According to the Denver city data, there were 19 murders in the Denver city area through May last year, and 11 this year. That's better, but implying that to be a statistically significant phenomenon related to marijuana legalization seems intellectually dishonest. Especially when the overall crime numbers for more common crimes don't seem to show any consistent patterns.

http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/720/documents/statistics/20...

I wonder how much of that was due to the weather?

How much more severe was this winter compared to last year?