Countries in Europe have already done this and it was the opposite, their crime dropped significantly. The prices would probably be lower for drugs with them being regulated and more easily available. Yes, addicts would still need to feed their habit so petty theft would probably hover around the same. Violent crime would definitely go down when you take the criminal element away from drugs.

Not only did crime go down in those countries, but overall drug use and addiction also went down, probably because with it being legal it lost a lot of its allure to the dumber portion of society.

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Posted by Evolved Simian

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Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:35 am to BowlJackson

Yeah, that's not true. 80% of property crime in Amsterdam is committed by addicts and 50% of the prison population in the Netherlands are drug addicts.

Many countries that have attempted legalization have resorted to recriminalization due to increased numbers of addicts.

Better yet, look at the UK in the 70s. They just gave heroin away free to addicts, and addiction rates exploded.

I'm all for legalizing pot, but the personal and societal costs of some substances is not worth the increased addiction rates.

ETA - I know decriminalization has been very successful in Portugal, but they are a serious outlier.

This post was edited on 3/25/16 at 12:45 am

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