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Legalized marijuana draws homeless Texans to Colorado – KPRC Houston
Colorado is seeing a significant increase in the number of homeless people arriving from Texas and the head of two homeless shelters said a big reason for the increase is homeless people wanting to smoke pot.
“It wasn’t the only reason but it was one of the main factors,” Runa Renee Townsend, a homeless woman from Fort Worth, said of her reason for moving to Colorado.
At the Salvation Army’s overnight shelter, they have seen their numbers nearly double.
“We were averaging 190 people a night. Now we are averaging 345 people a night,” said Murray Flagg, the Salvation Army Intermountain Divisional secretary for social services.
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