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Re:Perceptions haven't caught up to decline in crime by bilbo0s on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @10:49PM (#8328276)
Rise of marijuana as drug of choice as opposed to amphetamines like crack.
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Re:Perceptions haven't caught up to decline in crime by dfc on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @11:32PM (#8328428)
Crack Cocaine is not in the amphetamine category of drugs. Moreover, this explanation totally ignores the plague that is methamphetamine.
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Re:Perceptions haven't caught up to decline in crime by oofabz on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @01:41AM (#8328726)
There is not much correlation between the graph of crime rates in the article and this graph of marijuana usage:

http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k11Results/NSDUHresults201...

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