Robertpaulson posted:
“Before 1970, most drugs were legal. The DEA didn’t even come into existence until 1973!”
Here is is again:
“From 1964 to 1970 in the United States, the number of state prisoners incarcerated for drug offenses more than doubled from 3,079 to 6,596 (it was 90,000 in 1989)[9], and the new concentration on enforcing victimless crimes caused the homicide rate to skyrocket. Between 1964 and 1970 the homicide rate doubled from 5 per 100,000 to 10 per 100,000, where it has remained, with minor fluctuations, until today.[2] Lyndon Johnson had declared war on drugs, to be followed by Richard Nixon declaring War on Drugs in 1969,”
I said, that didn't happen until the mid-70's. If the murder rate increased before then, it was for other reasons.
"Between 1964 and 1970 the homicide rate doubled from 5 per 100,000 to 10 per 100,000, where it has remained, with minor fluctuations, until today"
"Today" being 1989. Well, from 1989 to 2005, the homicide rate dropped back down to around 5 per 100,000. Go figure.