[quote=peterb]I hardly think the gangs will quietly leave the US and go home to places that are far worse. Legalizing pot will probably raise the level of violent crime in the US as these guys will have to turn to alternative methods to make up for the revenue short fall it will create.
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I’d like to know why there would be more violent crime if cannabis was decriminalized.
*Sarcasm on* Was it because of the explosion of violent crime our country experienced after prohibition of alcohol ended? Maybe because everyone will become more violent since they are stoned? *Sarcasm off*
I sound like a news paper article from William Randolph Hearst
Maybe the gangs will try selling harder drugs which requires more violence?
Maybe violent crimes as a percentage will go up since all the cannabis growers, dealers and smokers will no longer be criminals. So while the number of violent crimes remains constant the number of crimes decreases making the percentage larger:
_____Current_______ Vs.______Without Prohibition
Violent Crime/All Crime < Violent Crime/ All Crime – Cannabis Crime
Personally I think we'd have much fewer pill popping kids if cannabis was legal since they could smoke a bowl instead of raiding their parents or friend’s parents’ medicine cabinet. I’ve met more people who take prescription pain killers and sanity pills recreationally now than I ever knew 10 years ago and I’m sure it’s not a coincidence.
