In fact, robberies fell more than 7% during the period, while sexual assaults declined by more than 12%. Homicide fell more than 66%. Aggravated assaults were the only violent crime category to rise in the first two months of this year, gaining nearly 4%.
Property crimes overall fell nearly 15%. Burglary and larceny were both down approximately 2% while theft from motor vehicles fell over 43%. Auto thefts fell nearly 4%. However, perhaps ironically, arson cases more than doubled.
http://www.mainstreet.com/article/lifestyle/what-cannabis-crime-wave-marijuana-sales-steady-colorado-crime-down
Let's see how things go this summer, when it isn't cold out and there is no snow on the ground. (Maybe why arson was "up"?)
If no one fills out a report, it didn't happen.
Do you really believe theft from motor vehicles fell by nearly half in a major metro area? Was that stat cherry-picked at the end of the Christmas shopping season, or a recording/reporting artifact because theft from motor vehicles is so low on the crime spectrum? (as what people from the area have told me would suggest).
More people are assaulting others but fewer are dying from that?
Go ahead, and make your arguments as you please.
Now I will ask you: do you really think this is going to improve our nation?
Do you think this is going to make us stronger, morally, economically, militarily, technologically, culturally?
If so, kindly explain how legalizing recreational drugs will improve America in each of those aspects.