Violent crime associated with marijuana use and distribution is down over 95% since it was legal sized. That’s a good thing right?
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @the_watcher and
Actually illegal grows are way up and it’s some scary people — Russian mafia and Mexican cartels. They steal water, start fires, and abuse dogs trained to “guard” then leave them behind chained when they move on.
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Replying to @TheMarinaTimes @3Sentinel4 and
Scary perhaps. Show me the violence.
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @TheMarinaTimes and
I lived in way Northern California and it doesn’t seem like illegal grows are up from in the 80s. I will ask my old high school buddies. If you have amount of pot seized or number of bust numbers from pre-prohibition days vs. now that would be stronger than assertion.
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Replying to @the_watcher @3Sentinel4 and
I proved that crime is down a lot since legalization. A few isolated cases don’t prove anything. Whenever prohibition has been relaxed or removed, crime has dropped. The 19th Amendment is instructive here.
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Replying to @the_watcher @TheMarinaTimes and
Which of course dealt with alcohol which is tolerated to be sold privately and used openly in restaurants and bars. This isn't really something even the most tolerant countries want with hard drugs.
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @TheMarinaTimes and
There is no real difference between “hard” and “soft” drugs except their legal status and societal acceptance. Alcohol kills far more than fentanyl. Mushrooms and acid are mostly harmless but are considered “hard” drugs. In Amsterdam all drugs are tolerated.
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Replying to @the_watcher @3Sentinel4 and
Heroin is given to hard core addicts for free by the government. They don’t have the problems with public disorder, drug related crimes or overdoses that we have.
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One drug that I put in a different category is caffeine. It appears to be mostly beneficial. The drug that should really be outlawed is nicotine.
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