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Originally Posted by Windguy
It seems to me that much of the violence that requires police attention is over drugs. I think that if you legalize drugs, crime will plummet. But, that’s not going to happen because too many powerful people are getting rich off illegal drugs—from drug cartels to private prisons—and they are bribing our elected officials.
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Spot on !!
If you want to control something, make it legal, tax it, and legislate (manage) it.
"Illegal" things are only punishable, not manageable.
Prohibition did not and still does not work.
Legalization and licensing is what worked.