Simple thought experiment: Think about all of the Mafia activity back during alcohol prohibition. Now think of all of today's Budweiser and Coors delivery folks and how they completely refuse to shoot at each other or push their products on underage consumers.
>Simple thought experiment: Think about all of the Mafia activity back during alcohol prohibition. Now think of all of today’s Budweiser and Coors delivery folks and how they completely refuse to shoot at each other or push their products on underage consumers.<
I think this is very over simplified and not really considering the impact of the drugs themselves on the people that use them. They will still commit the same amount of crime to get the drugs.
On teh supply side, maybe you will see a lowering in some gang to gang crime, maybe not. They will still try to get drugs in and keep their multi billion dollar business going despite the government getting involved and providing it. It will just be a price war.
But the users will still steal, still rob and still do crimes to get money for their habits.