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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unpopular but verifiable statistic:

Crime rise is DC corresponds to the semi legalization of marijuana.

Correlation does not equal causation, but the City Council really does need to take a long and hard look at the weird mish mash of drug policy we exist in now. Most DC residents simply think pot is legal. And because DC Police have been told not to arrest anybody for it, the laws on the book are meaningless anyway. [/quote]

Oh boy. I wish this comment would get deleted. Not out of censorship, but because it’s a pearl clutching response to a non-issue. Marijuana has zero impact on crime other than if a robbery is committed at one of the many “gift” shops across the district.

If anything, Congress needs to hurry and get the banking bill approved, so weed shops don’t need to hold cash. The rider was stripped out of the recent budget to ban the city from implementing its own tax and regulatory scheme. In a few months, we will be much more organized with how it’s sold.

But no, weed is not affecting peoples brains to commit crimes. If anything is probably helping lessen aggression.[/quote]

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