[Drew68]

But they told us that the worst effect of legalization would be multiple cases of ‘the munchies’!

Murders are up in cities all across America, most of which did not legalize pot.

[Neidermeyer]

Murders are up in cities all across America, most of which did not legalize pot.
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That’s the nugget I was looking for ... an actual comparison to similar cities that did not legalize.. FBI STATS state crime in general in the Western USA being down by about 2% ,, getting the latest stats is difficult to piece together but this is fairly recent from Colorado and shows crime , especially murder/homicide being down significantly.. http://legacy.9news.com/story/news/crime/2015/07/02/2014-colorado-crime-report/29630825/