Drug Legalization

An Economist Explains

http://www.truehigh.com -- Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron deconstructs the reasons why the war on drugs needs to stop. He gives five reasons:-
1 Crime Reduction
2 Reduced demand for [ legal ] guns
3 Fewer HIV infections
4 Enhance respect for the law
5 Shrink the deficit - less money wasted on prisons.

The video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti3QAlKx10c&feature=related tells us that half of all police corruption is drug related. Perhaps this is because there is more money involved. Perhaps police do not regard narcotics as real crime.

 

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• estimated number of deaths per year due to cigarettes: 400,000

  estimated number of deaths per year due to alcohol: 100,000

  estimated number of deaths per year due to marijuana: 0

   

  xXpenguinattack14Xx 2 months ago 48
• When it's legalized, I won't worry about price cuz I'll grow my own.
  cshubs 1 month ago 24

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