My background is Dutch. Actually, the crime issue has been reported for some time and it would be impossible b/c of word limits, to document every rise, although I plan to post more crime related facts here at a later date, for those interested.
Even some posts in the New York Times concede this.
That said, you sound rational. The true believers are scared of facts. Juts an observation: In the name of “liberty” some American “libertarians” have a history of censoring crime statistics and siding with criminals over police, for theological reasons.
Drug liberalism costs more than a real war of drugs for sure (not that there is a real war on drugs in America). Some of your prisons look like hotels. Give me a budget and I’ll cut down prison expenses, Victorian-period style. And what’s with these open borders, soft sentences, and “therapy” for users? Good Lord.
“Drug liberalism costs more than a real war of drugs for sure”
That may indeed be the case, I posed the question because I truly don’t know the answer. For all the junk studies my government pays for, you would think someone would have looked at the numbers by now.