Would legalizing weed really lower the crime rate ?

Ya-sai

I don't think the desperate measures to attain it or kill each other for it is to do with the ordinary weed smoker, this is for the people who control the stuff, they're territorial, violent, money and power crazy.
Heroin, crack and drugs in this category, users will get desperate and break the law, but I've yet to hear of a pot smoker (only pot no other drug user) killing for a drag.

cat_Rett_98

Legalizing weed would help to some degree. But only legalizing all drugs would have a substantial effect on lowering crime.

The war on drugs kills more people, costs more money and lands more citizens in jail than any other idea in history.

It's American, it's wrong and the logic behind it is borderline retarded.

Drug's do not cause crime, they follow it.

They are illegal, That makes a great black market for criminals to make money fast. Which gives more people a reason to become criminals.

Legalizing drugs to lower crime is pretty basic thing. look into the alcohol prohibition. Learning from that you will see that pro-prohibition is anti-American and pro-crime all in one.

Pro drug legalization is anti-crime and pro-freedom.

Which one sounds more American to you?

pops

Marijuana is a lot safer than alcohol.Give me a bottle of whiskey and I want to drive fast and whip everyone in sight.
Give me a big fat one and I dont want to go anywhere.Put on a funny CD,get some snacks,and I'm alright.
Yes : legalizing would lower the crime rate.

McClean

It depends. Legalizing it should stop the money going to drug gangs. Obviously this would have an effect on crime rates. The fact that smoking it is no longer a crime will eliminate cannabis arrests and lower the crime rate artificially.
Some say cannabis is a gateway drug that leads many to harder drugs, so increased use is a problem. I disagree with this.

DAVID B

Maybe by making more room for real criminals.

Jill

Making the drug punishments as severe as they are in Singapore and places like that would lower the crime rate by heaps... The sentences may be a bit harsh at times, but it certainly sends the point home and it would do a lot for making people think long and hard about getting into drugs in the first place.

starchild

it may or may not lower the crime rate, but what are the factors for being criminalized in the first place. this may be more important

thetravelinggardener

Once the weed can be taxed like alcohol, it may be legalized. but now it is the scapegoat for the blunders and errors in modern law enforcement.

All government agencies must have a whipping boy to blame their short comings on. formally it was the so called war on drugs. Now itis9/11, Islam and the arabs.

Brace yourself.

Richard B

Let's get rid of all crime and legalize everything. Or, do you only want the crimes you do made legal?

strawbcat

I thought the only marijuana that's legal in Canada is that in British Columbia you are allowed to purchase it, have it, use it IF it is for medical purposes and you have a Physician's letter saying that you need it to cope with your condition, such as Multiple Sclerosis or Cancer, etc.

bacheruete1

Not really as the crime rate increases by a fraction on average generally year in year out as the population grows.

Legalising weed would help decrease the number of users being charged and sentenced which in effect will help assist to keep the numbers of people sent to prison down.

mikeysco

Yes, legalizing marijuana would lower the crime rate. There'd be that many fewer marijuana crimes to worry about.

Come to think of it, let's legalize murder, rape, and robbery so we'll have lower crime rates in those areas also.

jdlifsey2030

I'm not sure that would work here and it would be dangerous to legalize it and THEN it not work. The damage caused to a handful of society between being newly legalized and to the point of it no longer being NEWLY legalized and any good coming from it would be disastrous. Those few or many people to be "sacrificed" for the greater long-term good is just too much of a price to pay (politically, socially, economically, etc). How easy or difficult would it be to reverse once implemented if it didn't work? I believe there are too many people using marijuana now. How do you explain the increased cynicism of people claiming "there are just so many stupid people"?

mash70814

I doubt it. How many cases have you heard of somebody getting into major traffic accidents or being charged with vehicular homicide because of being under the influence of pot? What about shooting someone because they were under the influence of pot? Maybe under the influence of pot and CRACK, or pot and ALCOHOL, etc. I don't smoke it but most people I know who do, don't want to do anything but chill.

dawn6463

My opinion.....in 44 yrs I have never hear of anyone committing a violent crime on pot only. Alcohol and other drugs including prescriptions....yes. I know a lot of prison AND jail space is taken up on pot charges....(violation of probation, trafficking, etc)
Yes it would lower the crime rate.

Eternity

That is a good thought to lower the crime rate but the things is that it's harmful to health

cristanine

Marijuana is a drug and that drug can not be legalized because the simple fact, that the drug contour has been developing new additives that Hook their users into buying more marijuana believing they have a good bud stick when actually they are too ignorant to know the difference. Marijuana sales have climbed to an all time high because of the ingredients other than THC. If you pull a young plant up and baste it with Meth, your gonna feed the users an addiction more powerful than Marijuana itself and this reason we can not legalize Marijuana.

Thumbs Down Meanie

I smoke weed everyday. I dont care if its legal or not, Im going to buy it and smoke it. The best dealer I buy from is a folk nation gang member and Im sure they need the money more than the government does.

Candy

If weed was bad for your health,than how some Dr's give the pill that has T.H.C. in it .My brother has cancer and the doc.gives him pills with it in it?

thatdudedru

The only crime rate it would lower would be the people getting busted for selling it, the people getting busted for buying it, the people growing it and shipping and delivering it.

zillian.thrax

Not sure. But it'll most likely save money with taxes and whatnot.

Lionel W

Not sure, but it will be nice.

goph28

yeah cause it sedates me and makes me tired so i wouldnt have the energy to fight with people its good to be stoned but it also makes people paranoid

Catmmo

I don't think that very many violent crimes are commited because of mj - so I don't think the crime rate would change much.

BEEFSHIELD

so if something is bad just legalize it so then its not considered bad by law anymore. that doesnt make sense. it would cause more problems because there is no way to control the market. there will still be black market sales which result in violence in bad drug deals. maybe the people are more peacful because they are stoned all day. are they productive? it just doesnt seem like a good idea

hokuto_adam

yhep

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No, because legalizing marijuana would only lead to more people getting started on drugs. Practically all hard core druggies have been weaned on marijuana.

markinbaltimore

Anything can be proven or dispoven, statistics are like that, they can be manipulated.

What you can do is look at basic crime stats for each country compared to ours.

R z N

mmmmmmmmmm

windside

legalise but sell it for 100 perecent tax ..... and cancel the medical insurence of the buyer as well as take photo of the user and make it public of his rate of buying and consumption per day

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