From: "Gary Britt" 

I don't think that would happen.  We would just end up with more people
with no ambition to earn a living for themselves and unable to do basic
math. Therefore, just as much if not more crime.  Also, marijuana is a
gateway drug, unlike alcohol which would also act to keep the drug crime
up.

Gary

"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> Well, to be fair, that would presumably go away if marijuana were legal.
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:03:05 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>  wrote in message :
>
> >
> >I'm not sure these statistics properly take into account the violence of
> >illegal drug addicts committing robbery and burglary, etc to get money
for
> >their drugs.  Even if true, its irrelevant.
>

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