Quote Originally Posted by 48091 View Post
I know marijuana doesn't constitute all of the drug trade, but if we decriminalized marijuana we might be able to lower crime and increase tax revenues.

I've never done the stuff, but from the research I've done it's not any worse than alcohol and in many respects would actually be a better habit than drinking.
You have a point. Back in the day when the "numbers" was big there was a significant amount of crime as a result of that activity. The state run lotteries basically ended the street crimes that were being committed as a result of the numbers activity.