Legalize the MJ, regulate and tax it. It’s no more dangerous than booze and probably less.
I would rather go to a call where the folks have been getting their smoke on versus their drink on. People smoking weed in the privacy of their homes are only dangerous to snack food.
As far the rest, meth, heroin, crack, no freaking way. I have never locked up a car thief or burglar who said he needed MJ money. Crack, “hairon”, different story altogether. People don’t steal their families and friends credit cards or identification because they need some grass.
I have arrested alot of people both violent crimes and drug crimes. Don’t believe the hype about prisons being full of non-violent drug offenders. It’s pure BS. The prisons are packed full of very dangerous scumbags who are released with regular frequency when another new violent scumbag needs to do some time. Every dope dealer I ever investigated and/or arrested had violent history and nearly all them where armed at the time I took them into custody.
Drug abusers get probation and redirection over and over again.
If you want verification, seek out the administration of your local penal system and ask them for the offense breakdown of their facility.
They results surprised the hell out of me. I am curious as to what someone in law enforcement would think about these results. The full paper on it is here on the CATO website.