Posted on 11/13/2015 5:37:39 AM PST by rktman
It turns out that Denver, Colorado may not be the only major American city seeing an increase in crime following marijuana legalization. Seattle, Washington looks to be experiencing some blowback as well.
According to the Drug Policy Alliance, "[a]dult possession of marijuana became legal [in Washington State] on December 6, 2012, 30 days after the passage of I-502, the voter-approved initiative legalizing marijuana for adults 21 and older. A year-and-a-half later, the first retail marijuana store opened its doors on July 8, 2014."
When we look at the number of total and property crimes in Seattle from 2008 through 2014, there are massive increases during 2013 and 2014 after adult possession of marijuana became legal during December 2012. The number of these crimes was stable or declining from 2008 through 2012, after which total crimes jumped 13 percent from 2012 to 2013. By the end of 2014, the number of total crimes was 24 percent higher than in 2012.
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Ignorant nonsense. Of all those who have used pot, 9% were at some point dependent; the corresponding figures for alcohol and tobacco are substantially larger: 15% and 32%.
Why do you love pot so much?
I love truth and freedom, not pot. Why do you keep spouting ignorant nonsense about pot, Monty22/Monty22001?
Alaska has also legalized pot.
Liquor stores get robbed all the time - is that a good reason to ban alcohol?
what has legalizing it done for prices?
the high cost of pot was because it was illegal
Now the high cost is probably taxes and regulation
Why pay for something any moron could grow at home for free.
Good point; the crime was just part of the general de-stabilization/Third Worldization of America underway since 2007...
Now the high cost is probably taxes and regulation
That's legalization done badly - but some predict that even with those problems, legal prices will fall as more businessmen decide to take the plunge into this newly legal market.
Why pay for something any moron could grow at home for free.
People can grow their own tomatoes, yet many still buy them.
And Seattle has been in the forefront, as many posts here have pointed out.
So di I. I hope the crime rate increases 10,000 %.
Our cities here in NJ are no slouches, either; at one point three of the top ten US cities for stolen cars were here in tiny NJ...
Even if it was a quarter per joint we have potheads in this country without twenty five cents; they haven’t been taken into account by the governments bent on legalizing.
“Why pay for something any moron could grow at home for free.”
You underestimate the laziness and stupidity of most potheads.
Well....I live 60 miles south of Seattle, and we’ve had a couple incidents in and around our neighborhood. The problem out here tho is meth heads, not pot heads. LOT more of that around here. Good thing everyone in our little ‘hood knows one another, and we are ALL armed. We almost caught some young kids that had been prowling our neighborhood, but they rammed their van through the neighbors wood fence and took off. Luckily we got the license plate, and they were caught a few days later.
I don’t believe I tried to make that case.
Liquor stores get robbed all the time - is that a good reason to ban alcohol?
I don’t believe I tried to make that case.
OK - what case, if any, were you trying to make?
Naw, can't be - meth is illegal. /s
Colorado is being overwhelmed by blue state refugees who bring their cultural disease with them.
Just like 7-11’s they get robbed, but may be a bigger target due to large sums of cash on hand, though most of ours are beefing up their security.
Since you seem a little sensitive and maybe a little testy, let me give you my general feelings on the subject.
A general push for legalization is the benefit of cutting the criminals out of the picture, so what do the states do? They over-regulate and over tax it. If their goal is to cut out the criminal, they’re going about it wrong. Of course, I don’t really believe that’s their goal.
With a resounding cry of “That’s not how we did in back in _______.”
Agreed.
so what do the states do? They over-regulate and over tax it. If their goal is to cut out the criminal, they're going about it wrong.
Agreed again.
Of course, I don't really believe that's their goal.
Probably more of a nice-to-have - I don't doubt that the primary goal is more tax revenue.
"by 1926, government chemists concocted ten poisonous "denaturing formulas" to be added to the alcohols. These contained ominous chemicals like gasoline, benzene, cadmium, nicotine, ether, formaldehyde, chloroform, and acetone. Prohibition advocates and officials believed that if they made the alcohol undrinkable, imbibers would be forced to abandon their immoral habits. The government defended this effort as "law enforcement." In truth, it was mass poisoning.
Source: Real Clear Science, When the Government Deliberately Poisoned Its Citizens
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