It would be nice if the article had quantified the increase in “attacks on family businesses.” I suspect that the real problem is simply the increased medical expenses the state has to pay. If that is the case then the problem is with the welfare state rather than the drug laws.
I wonder how the negative economic impact of legal canibus use compares to the cost (on a per captia basis) of the police state the US has created to combat drugs.
“It would be nice if the article had quantified the increase in “attacks on family businesses.””
I’d guess more like shoplifting, vandalism, panhandling.
It’s a GUESS, no, I have no empirical evidence!
So the cost of rehab versus the costs of police enforcement kind of equal out:?
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.