GOP Rep: Homeless People Moving To Colorado Because Of Legal Weed

FILE - This July 25, 2014, file photo shows Rep. John Fleming, R-La., as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. In more than five years in Congress, Fleming recalls voting only once for emergency spend... FILE - This July 25, 2014, file photo shows Rep. John Fleming, R-La., as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. In more than five years in Congress, Fleming recalls voting only once for emergency spending that raised the federal deficit. That was this week, on a bill to improve health care for veterans, and it helps explain the lineup of winners and losers in the hours before Congress began a five-week break from the Capitol. (AP Photo, File) MORE LESS
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Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) warned about the dangers of marijuana, arguing that weed is worse than cigarettes and has caused an increase in the number of homeless people moving to Colorado.

Fleming’s comments came during a speech at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.

Fleming said that the social experiment of Colorado allowing recreational pot sales has not “brought an avalanche of revenue.” Instead, Fleming said, it’s caused an increase in “the number of homeless people” moving to Colorado.

In the same speech Fleming argued that marijuana is not, in fact, harmless by saying that marijuana contains qualities that are “four times more potent than tobacco, which is known to cause” cancer.

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