My senses tell me yes.
2006-12-18 06:00:03 · 10 answers · asked by RomanJr 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Most of the answers you get on this subject will be absolutely clueless. Most people have never read any of the most basic research.
Yes. "Drug-related crime" was essentially unknown before drugs were outlawed.
You can find a good history of the subject at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm
You can find the major studies of the drug laws over the last 100 years at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/studies.htm
You can find more historical research at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/history.htm
Don't accept answers from people who can't give you references. Most of the answers you get will be no better than urban legend.
2006-12-18 06:24:41 · answer #1 · answered by Cliff Schaffer 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There ought to probable be a drop in crime prices. There are those who scouse borrow and kill as a fashion to get funds to purchase alcohol, prescription pills, and to gamble. i do not imagine we are going make alcohol and casinos unlawful as a fashion to lessen crime. Is crime larger or decrease in Amsterdam? there are any such vast quantity of lives ruined by technique of alcohol and tobacco, they're criminal because the alcohol and tobacco businesses have sturdy lobbyists. There are more beneficial motor vehicle injuries on the topic of alcohol and prescribed drugs than all the unlawful drugs blended. what percentage lives are ruined because an alcoholic figure can no longer carry a activity? what number of human beings die by means of lung and liver maximum cancers? there develop right into a time in this usa the position drugs were criminal. you should order vials of morphine from the Sears catalog. The prohibition did not very last lengthy and the Mafia began as a fashion to grant liquor to thirsty individuals. imagine about what international places produce the perfect drugs. Politicians do not opt for those international places to be able to be self-sufficient.
2016-11-27 02:27:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, as if the government were involved in selling drugs and regulating, it would not be the best you could get. The FDA would limit potentcy, thus still having a black market for stronger stuff. And people would still committ crimes to get the stuff as they would be so lazy due to abuse to work for money to purchase drugs - just as it happens today. And police would be so busy answering theft calls for drugs. People would rob people outside of businesses authorized to sell drugs. These business' would be robbed frequently as now the criminals know where the stuff in kept.
How could they make drugs legal for them to sell, but the average person would not be allowed to so, thus limiting competition. It's like the lottery - it's only legal for them to do it. How would the government know if it's their legal stuff vs black market drugs? Packaging, permits, what?
The government would limit the amounts you could purchase. Pot is less harmful than herion, so who determines how much people can buy? A daily user has a greater tolerance than the occasional user.
And what about the legality of being able to purchase drugs, but it's illegal to drive while on them, just like alcohol? Police would have to set up testing for many types of effects of drugs for when someone is pulled over. They do that now, but only if drugs are found on the person or they admit to what they are on. It would be more previlent as access would be easy.
And what about people who don't do drugs due to them being illegal, who can now do them because the government says it's ok?
What employer wants employees who do drugs? Yes that happens, but it's proven drug effects last longer than alcohol. Decision making would go out the window. Work injury rates would skyrocket. What about sensative jobs, such as military and law enforcement agencies? If you needed the police or emergency care and they took too long to respond due to being stoned? Would you want a doctor to treat you in the hospital if he was under the influence of LSD?
The insurance industry would lobby against legalization due to increased claims they would have to pay.
2006-12-18 06:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Joe S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, in fact a bunch of narcotics officers believe so and formed an organization called LEAP- Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. They're starting to make a real impact.
2006-12-18 06:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes,most of the people in prison are there on drug related offenses.same as prohibition with alcohol as soon as they made it legal again,organized crime lost millions and murder rate in Chicago alone dropped 300 %
2006-12-18 06:06:30 · answer #5 · answered by bluesman999 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I agree, crime of morality [drug laws, prostitution laws] etc do nothing but create crime.
The national debt could be erraticated if marijuana/coke/etc. was made legal and taxed in the same way liquor and cigarettes are.
2006-12-18 06:03:20 · answer #6 · answered by ajtheactress 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe drug crime, of course, but how about people still needing to steal to support their habits?
2006-12-18 06:03:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it would be the same. Because drugs are illegal that doesn't stop anybody from getting high.
2006-12-18 06:12:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it would still be the same, if not worse.
2006-12-18 06:05:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO
2006-12-18 06:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by newheartin03 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋