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Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree
How many variables must be normalized to get remotely close to a proper comparison? Short of a well-funded journalist outfit or a wealthy college, you won't get an apples-to-apples answer to your questions. Even then, the reporting system necessary to determine a root cause for certain societal ills just isn't present or is a vast overreach of privacy.
What exactly is your argument?
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The argument to legalize Marijuana was it would have a direct positive impact on those factors.
The narrative was "poor pot heads are unfairly targeted, incarcerated and are forced to turn to petty crime to support their needs stuck in a vicious circle".
The prisons are full of people who got arrested over just having or selling a joint. Property crime is driven by teens trying to get money to buy pot, car accidents are because people drink booze because they legally can't get pot. Unemployment is because pot users can't pass drug screens.
Wha wha wha, blah blah blah.
Bet you those states of gotten worse, not better.