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**JacksHH** · 03-28-2011, 08:45 PM

Yep, and when alcohol went back to being legitimate, profits went way down and so did crimes associated with it.

If we legalized pot (and if Mexico loosened its gun laws), the cartels would stop selling it here, and the price of pot would plummet.

A cartel can't compete with your neighbor's personal garden, because he could sell you pot with no distribution costs and very little overhead.

If we legalize it, the cartels would be selling MORE here. Just as the people selling alcohol during prohibition times sold more, and made more after prohibition than they ever did during it.

As for crimes associated with alcohol. The U.S. Department of Justice Report on Alcohol and Crime found that alcohol abuse was a factor in 40 percent of violent crimes committed in the U.S. Crime and Alcohol

An estimated 32 percent of fatal accidents involved an intoxicated driver or pedestrian (the majority are drivers, however) with a blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, of at least 0.10 grams of alcohol per deciliter of blood, the most commonly used definition of intoxication.

Still think it's not a major contributor to crime and negligent deaths?

The cartel can't compete with someone's personal garden, and those who would grow it themselves are already doing so.

03-28-2011, 08:45 PM	#26
JacksHH Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 642 Senior Member	Yep, and when alcohol went back to being legitimate, profits went way down and so did crimes associated with it. If we legalized pot (and if Mexico loosened its gun laws), the cartels would stop selling it here, and the price of pot would plummet. A cartel can't compete with your neighbor's personal garden, because he could sell you pot with no distribution costs and very little overhead. If we legalize it, the cartels would be selling MORE here. Just as the people selling alcohol during prohibition times sold more, and made more after prohibition than they ever did during it. As for crimes associated with alcohol. The U.S. Department of Justice Report on Alcohol and Crime found that alcohol abuse was a factor in 40 percent of violent crimes committed in the U.S. Crime and Alcohol An estimated 32 percent of fatal accidents involved an intoxicated driver or pedestrian (the majority are drivers, however) with a blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, of at least 0.10 grams of alcohol per deciliter of blood, the most commonly used definition of intoxication. Still think it's not a major contributor to crime and negligent deaths? The cartel can't compete with someone's personal garden, and those who would grow it themselves are already doing so.
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