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Alaska legalizes pot, crime explodes in Anchorage
americanthinker ^ | 3/19/2016 | Sierra Rayne

Posted on 03/19/2016 6:03:54 AM PDT by rktman

In February of 2015, it became legal to grow and consume marijuana in Alaska. And, as has happened in Denver and Seattle, crime immediately began to increase after being stable or declining in the pre-legal pot era.

According to the FBI's Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report for the first six months of 2015, the number of violent crimes in Anchorage (the only city reporting for Alaska) increased 34% compared to the same period in 2014. Murders were up 167%, and aggravated assaults increased 32% versus the first six months of 2014.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: cannabis; leagalizedweed; marijuana; pot; wod
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Hmmm. Article 2 by Sierra Rayne about weed. Sounds like Sierra isn't getting a kick back from the retailers or something. :>)
1 posted on 03/19/2016 6:03:54 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Reefer madness? What’s in your smoke?


2 posted on 03/19/2016 6:13:31 AM PDT by PGalt
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Murders up 167%, and it’s all because of pot?

Doesn’t sound right to me.


3 posted on 03/19/2016 6:17:09 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: rktman

Do ya suppose it’s due to the crap economy [unrelated to pot], or just to get money for pot? Seems #2 is less likely, as those who wanted weed just got it from their friendly neighborhood Dealer McDope already. Hmmmf.


4 posted on 03/19/2016 6:19:15 AM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines!)
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To: rktman

The potheads of FR are not going to like this.


5 posted on 03/19/2016 6:20:07 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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To: W.

Who says the economy got worse in the last year?


6 posted on 03/19/2016 6:22:14 AM PDT by JediJones (I'm with Ted Cruz, Mark Levin, Dana Loesch, Steve Deace, Michelle Malkin, James Woods & Ben Shapiro)
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To: rktman

We see them come.
We see them go.
Some are fast.
And some are slow.

Some are high
And some are low.
Not one of them
Is like another.
Don’t ask us why.
Go ask your mother.


7 posted on 03/19/2016 6:22:35 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo ( Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. - Groucho Marx)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Doesn’t sound right to me.

Murders are up in cities all across America. Pot has nothing to do with it.

8 posted on 03/19/2016 6:23:54 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: W.

YEP .... agree !

Oil rig layoff, cabin fever, etc ....


9 posted on 03/19/2016 6:24:26 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Refugees?


10 posted on 03/19/2016 6:26:55 AM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: Pearls Before Swine

It isn’t.


11 posted on 03/19/2016 6:27:02 AM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: Drew68

167% is a huge number, anywhere.


12 posted on 03/19/2016 6:27:19 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: JediJones

The 0’conomy? Lotsa people here last I read. Maybe not in Alaska, seems busy up there. I’m retired, and out of the hunt and the info stream. TG!


13 posted on 03/19/2016 6:36:21 AM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines!)
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To: Squantos

Yah ... WTH?

Stoners I’ve met (as a bouncer) seem lots more docile than drunks...

this article doesn’t add up.


14 posted on 03/19/2016 6:37:45 AM PDT by glock rocks (TTTT !)
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To: rktman

Certain places will become sanctuaries for drug outlaws at every level. But on the principle of “don’t foul your nest” one would expect there’d be less crime in such places.


15 posted on 03/19/2016 6:39:51 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Squantos

When I feel cooped up in winter here in NW OH, it’s gotta be nothing compared to what happens [not] during Alaska’s long winters.


16 posted on 03/19/2016 6:40:22 AM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines!)
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To: glock rocks

True be dat !

I’m thinking more guns owned, carried and used in Alaska per than Texas. Now add economy being lower than whale shit in the Marianas Trench, spin in a few months of darkness, chilly weather, cabin fever...... boom !

Weed weenies probably kept the crime rate down to whats reported ....:o)


17 posted on 03/19/2016 6:43:50 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To point out the *glaringly* obvious, it must be noted that the *last* time Alaska legalized marijuana, in 1975, this did *not* happen.

And here is a table of Alaska crime rates, 1960-2014.

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/akcrime.htm

18 posted on 03/19/2016 6:46:21 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: rktman

Dave’s not here!


19 posted on 03/19/2016 6:50:37 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a dump, sewer or "refugee" camp. It's my home.)
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To: W.

Yeah I was stationed in Fairbanks, Clear and out on Shemya Island during my service career off an on and saved from going batcrap crazy by hunting, fishing, drinking and saving my leave up to go to the lower 48 during the dark...... then there were lots of WAF’s also.


20 posted on 03/19/2016 6:51:02 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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