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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 2 months ago (10 children)

"Trump doesn’t understand a Florida Amendment," she said Saturday. "Study shows crime goes up when marijuana is legal. Can his advisors prep him better, please? Vote NO on 3."

This sounds wrong to me. People smoking pot on the sofa eating munchies and watching tv are not out committing crimes.

David Biddle, chair of the Gilchrist GOP in the state, said on Saturday, "Don't listen to Trump. Vote NO on Amendment 3. We don't need recreational marijuana in Florida. It's been a disaster everywhere they have it, it brings zero benefit to society, it increases crime, increases homelessness, and increases further drug use. It's bad for Florida."

Hmm. Hasn't been a disaster where I am (California). I think the state makes a lot of money taxing it. But why don't we ask the internet?

This frees up significant law enforcement resources to protect our communities in other, more pressing ways.” Government-published data, academic research, and the experiences of many law enforcement officials indicate that marijuana policy reform does not increase crime rates.

https://www.mpp.org/issues/legalization/marijuana-legalization-is-not-linked-with-increased-crime-rates/

Results offer some evidence suggesting a beneficial impact of legalization on violent crime clearances, as manifested by significant increases in the clearance rate for overall violent crimes and that for aggravated assault in OR counties relative to those in the non-legalized states following legalization.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235220302361

Conservatives are too stupid to actually verify anything their idiot "news" media tells them. They just know that they hate young people and people of color for loud music, getting high, and having a future.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TO BE FAIR... It fucking sucks when I live in a residential neighborhood and put my kids down for bed at 8pm, and at midnight some asshat drives by with really loud pipes or like 12" doubles in the trunk.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

If that dude was home getting baked you wouldn't have this problem!

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