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There's already been a correlation proved about our drop in crime. legalized abortion. Crime dropped like a rock in the 90s , because 18 years prior abortion was legalized. there is a lot of strong supporting evidence because in states where legal abortion was legalized sooner, their crime rates dropped sooner , if the state legalized it later , the crime drop off was later.

you can plot a strong rise in crime when alcohol became illegal, a drop off when it was re-legalized. Pretty sure you could plot a rise in crime directly related to the 'war on drugs'

Yes we should just legalize all drugs, and further reduce crime , reduce violent crime and let cops stop wasting time on people who are only ruining their on lives (with or with out the drug being illegal)

the problem is people (in masses) are stupid. what do i mean by that? well laws don't directly stop bad behavior. (see prohibition) when you make drug usage illegal , usage generally goes up. if you don't want people to do drugs, there's a strong tendency to want it to be illegal, even though anyone with a clear, logical mind could see that cant' stop people from doing drugs (alcohol included) just by making it illegal.

there's even a number of Dry counties in the US, no drinking there right? wrong... .. *sigh* behavior controls just don't work. especially when its a behavior that doesn't physically harm others or their property. the only thing that appears to work is pubically shaming people (like what happened with smoking) but that's only going to get it down to a certain level. some people Love to be different and 'at odds with socieity' and will seek out what ever behaviors prop up that image.


the book you want to read is Freakacomics if you want to see the proof that legalizing abortion is why crime dropped off a bunch.

if you grow up as an unwanted child, your statistical likelihood to become a criminal goes way up.