4/13/10

Marijuana Legalization Opponents Ignore Facts

'Let us lay these opinions out and look at the facts. First, there is the argument that there would be an increase in crime in society. Well, let us take a look at the numbers of homicide in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a handy graph that lays out the numbers from 1900 to 1997. The highest spikes in the graph come from 1919 to 1933 and then from 1969 to the present. Notice anything about those two spaces of time? From 1919 to 1933 we had the era of Prohibition and in 1969 President Nixon announced the War on Drugs, which continues to the present day.'

No comments:

Post a Comment