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john1311

01/14/18 12:39 PM

#66425 RE: doubleeagle #66418

Legal marijuana cuts violence says US study, as medical-use laws see crime fall


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/legal-marijuana-medical-use-crime-rate-plummets-us-study


Murder and violent crime found to have decreased most in states bordering Mexico as drug cartels lose business to regulation


Homicides specifically related to the drug trade fell by an astonishing 41%.

The authors claim their study provides new insights into methods to reduce violent crime related to drug trafficking. But its publication comes as the US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is rescinding the Obama-era policy that ushered in the medical marijuana laws.

LodieJ

01/16/18 10:47 AM

#66683 RE: doubleeagle #66418

Yes it was a blessing and a time to buy more! The industry will trample him. He's trying to regulate crypto too.