[Britton J Wingfield]

kerpow!

I think there will always be crime assosiated with drugs, regardless of their legality. A black market encourages organized crime, though, in a way that a free market does not.

i.e., people still steak beer, or get liquored up and attack others, but the vendors aren't doing drive-by shootings anymore.

[robertpaulsen]

"I think there will always be crime assosiated with drugs, regardless of their legality. A black market encourages organized crime, though, in a way that a free market does not."

Preachin' to the choir.

Even when heroin was legal in the early 20's, almost all crimes committed by addicts were heroin users.

But there is at least one person on this board (with the initials MrLeRoy) who feels that crime will disappear if all drugs are legalized. Legal drugs will be so inexpensive that there will be no need to steal.

I say they'd have to be free for that to happen, but what do I know?