That’s the shocking (well, okay, not at all shocking if you’re paying attention) conclusion of a new study published in the June 2005 issue of Social Science Quarterly.
Increases in total per capita drug arrests and arrests for “hard drug” possession are accompanied by higher rates for all crimes except assault. Increased arrests for the manufacture or sale of marijuana are associated with increases in larcenies.
That’s right, enforce drug laws, and other crime goes up. And not just street crime. Terrorists love drug prohibition because it inflates the price of the prohibited drugs and allows them to finance their operations more easily.
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Jan 11, 2006
Marijuana persecutions reach all-time high - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity