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Re:Legalizing Drugs Is a Terrible Idea by trs8080 on Monday June 13, 2022 @03:48PM (#31730801)
The statistics on the linked page do not distinguish between those three categories. Where are you getting data that #1 and #3 are significant drivers of violent crime associated with drugs?

I would also be careful here because those stats are pulled from the UCR, which is far from a complete or reliable source of data.

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Re:Legalizing Drugs Is a Terrible Idea by _uy6i on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:59AM (#31762561)
#1 literally the first full sentence of text “In 2004, 17% of state prisoners and 18% of federal inmates said they committed their current offense to obtain money for drugs.”

#3…you might have to read past the first sentence…

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