University of Texas study suggests Violent Crime Drops Where People Have Access to mar1juana

I don't think anyone has advocated that using mar1juana gives one violent tendencies. Its not the mar1juana that brings crime, its the individuals engaging in illegal activities.

 

I don't understand what you are trying to say. So a certain % of people that use mar1juana engage in illegal activities??

I'm pretty sure a certain % of people that frequent Starbucks engage in illegal activities also, so caffeine logically should be outlawed?

 

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UT Dallas is a fine institution. The results of that study, no doubt made with the highest standards of academia, shouldn't surprise anyone, however. While I wouldn't know what weed looked like if someone hit me over the head with that 16 foot tall plant I never saw in a friend's backyard over 40 years ago, anecdotal evidence points to "stoned" or "loaded" enemies of Bogart not having the least bit of desire to do more than open another box of Oreo cookies. Violent crime? It's hard to get out of the recliner and look for the remote, so one can turn up the original Star Wars flick being watched for the 9th time, or so I have heard.

 

Go to the most violent prison in Panama and allow mar1juana use....let's see what would happen.

 

i believe he's saying in the states where mar1juana is illegal, the illegal trafficking of it results in violent crimes. violent crime involved in the mar1juana trade decreases once it's legally regulated.

they would create a black market for it and cause violent crime over the product as it is where mar1juana continues to be illegal

this whole thing isn't about the individual becoming less violent after smoking a joint. rather it is taking away the illegal trafficking of mar1juana, which leads to violent crimes.

 

Yes, you make illegal things legal and crime goes down. Mkay... next study.

 

i know you're just being a smartass, but the violence related to mar1juana trafficking goes down whether it's deemed a crime or not.

 

I find UT Dallas to be more credible than UT in this matter. My first thought was that UT Austin would not be considered an unbiased source.

 

What would happen?

 

Spoiler

 

It will be interesting to see what happens regarding crime rates in CO and WA with recreational mar1juana legal.

 

why do universities waste time/money/effort on **** that we already know as common sense?

 

My first thought too, but obviously the answer is for future regulations purposes. Someone will get their greedy hands on the study and try to regulate something, ANYTHING from it. Such is politics these days.

 

As CometsWin said, you make something that was illegal, legal, then crime rates should expect to drop.

I'm more interested in a study of how much money we're saving by discontinuing the War on mar1juana

 

I can see DUI for cannabis increasing if it is easier to obtain.

 

costs of enforcement
costs of trials
costs of imprisonment for non-violent offenders, who always will have a felony record
loss of tax revenue
loss to society ostracizing basically good people
loss of credibility with regard to the real problems with some drugs, and alcohol
restricting possible positive medical effects (depression mainly)
costs to Mexico losing their country to cartels (coke, meth and heroin mostly though)

 

Well we're about to find out.

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/08/4945630/uruguay-to-give-medicinal-mar1juana.html

 

Excellent point! :-D-