[setanta]

[rquote=2601035&tid=147499&author=MassiveTruck][rquote=2600939&tid=147499&author=setanta]The funny thing is it'll cut down on violence on the streets too because I've worked in bars for years and seen the damage that people inflict on each other when they're p****d drunk, which you never see when people are after having some scooby snacks. It honestly pacifies people. [/rquote]

The funny thing is, the rise in use has been due to hydroponics which allows quick growth and quick sale. Mainly used by criminal gangs, bringing in labour from overseas into a slave trade.

The hydroponic based Cannabis (usually skunk and other derivatives with high THC content) has been regularly found in a lot of the extreme violent crimes around the country lately as well. Due to Cannabis remaining in the system for a long time, pro-cannabis camps say you can't state whether the Skunk/Cannabis was the cause of the crime or not - either way, it was a user.[/rquote]

Yes, exactly.... criminal.... legalise it and the threat disappears with regard to criminal/gang related activity and forced labour. As for cannabis being involved in theft and violent crime - nah, not with you cuz you have no stats to back it up with and you're trying to find a scapegoat for crime. I could throw out alcholol and domestic abuse at you right now. I'd say that the statistics would prove that alcohol, as well as heroin or cocaine would be involved in far more cases of violent crime. Sure that's basically a certainty.