[Responsibility2nd]

Will they occur more often if drugs are legalized? Colorado would suggest not.

 

Au contraire.

Legal marijuana drawing homeless to Colorado
CBS/AP ^ | 12/24/2014 | /Doug Pensinger

 

Pot seen as reason for rise in Denver homeless
AP ^ | 7/26/2014 | Unattributed AP

 

With an increase in homelessness comes increases in crime, welfare and other social ills.

[Zhang Fei]

Washington decriminalized dope in 2012. Below are the crime rates per 100K people before and after:

						Forcible		Aggravated		Larceny-	Vehicle
Year	Population	Index	Violent	Property	Murder	Rape	Robbery	assault	Burglary	Theft	Theft
2010	6,742,950	4,012.6	313.5	3,699.1	2.3	38.2	87.9	185.0	818.5	2,498.8	381.8
2011	6,823,267	3,874.4	295.3	3,579.1	2.4	34.0	82.5	176.5	828.9	2,386.4	363.8
2012	6,895,318	3,987.2	298.1	3,689.1	3.1	32.6	84.1	178.2	890.1	2,412.3	386.7
2013	6,971,406	3,988.2	277.9	3,710.3	2.3	25.8	83.5	166.4	837.0	2,465.9	407.4