Ending Weed Prohibition Hasn’t Stopped Drug Crimes
Marijuana legalization was supposed to decrease crime—but the reality is more complicated.
Legalizing POT was supposed to reduce crime, or so advocates argued. The theory was simple: As cannabis buyers beat a path to the nearest dispensary, the black, and with it the industry’s criminal element. Indeed, a study recently published in found that after medical marijuana was legalized in California, .
