Unreported crime is still crime, but it doesn't count if the stats aren't there, so the record will show less of an increase in burglary and theft than has actually occurred.
That said, I am not in favor of a militarized police force breaking down doors, shooting dogs, and generally trashing Constitutional Rights of Americans, either.
However, add in the failure to secure the border, the tacit permission for drug cartels to bring in vast quantities of drugs, and the moral decay that makes fertile ground for the implantation and growth of further decadence, the situation will prove unmanageable if legalization is permitted.
If you consider that the attention to detail needed in high tech manufacturing will likely not be present in a drug using population, that will not be conducive to either economic recovery, nor regaining any solid economic base--other than producing and dealing drugs.
Considering that drug dealing is really a socioeconomically parasitic profession, providing no lasting value to the economy nor society, and the complications thereof tend to be severe, mere legalization and regulation will be scoffed at, as will taxes.
So even the governments which think they will benefit from additional revenue will find the downside potential is far greater than the upside.
But you realize that the Phamaceutical Sector (you know: the people who make all those mind-altering drugs) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Sector (you know...) account for a sizable portion of GNP, jobs, and tax revenue.
Oh, now I understand what you mean: You're only arbitrarily against some drugs!
Regards,
“So even the governments which think they will benefit from additional revenue will find the downside potential is far greater than the upside.”
Sure. Why would a person go into a retail store and pay taxes when he can go black market and avoid them? It is my understanding that when you go buy pot at a retail store in Colorado, they take down your name and personal information.
Who would want to get into that system?
Legalization would only impact the black market if they had better product at lower prices, and that is *never* going to happen.
In fact, robberies fell more than 7% during the period, while sexual assaults declined by more than 12%. Homicide fell more than 66%. Aggravated assaults were the only violent crime category to rise in the first two months of this year, gaining nearly 4%.
Property crimes overall fell nearly 15%. Burglary and larceny were both down approximately 2% while theft from motor vehicles fell over 43%. Auto thefts fell nearly 4%. However, perhaps ironically, arson cases more than doubled.
http://www.mainstreet.com/article/lifestyle/what-cannabis-crime-wave-marijuana-sales-steady-colorado-crime-down
That’s the best part about unreported crimes. It can be used to bolster any argument, I mean, how can one argue againt non-existent, made up statistics.
“Considering that drug dealing is really a socioeconomically parasitic profession, providing no lasting value to the economy nor society....”
Are you sure that you are not talking about professional sports and Hollywood?