Most stigmas associated with marijuana use are not supported by empirical evidence. This post from Business Insider highlights how marijuana legalization has had no effect on crime rates. An analysis of city-level data from states across the US found that medical marijuana laws have little effect on crime in nearly all medical marijuana states. The perception that ... Continue Reading
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Marijuana Legalization: Crime Rate Drops in Uruguay
Uruguay is far ahead of the rest of the world on marijuana legalization. Read more, in this post from Entrepreneur.com, about how its crime rate plummeted after the end of the war on drugs. Canada gets the headlines for its plan to legalize marijuana nationwide in 2018. So does anti-marijuana rhetoric from some officials in the Trump Administration. Meanwhile, in the ... Continue Reading