>This means that some people legitimately believe that legalizing it would get more people into these other drugs and increase the overall number of drug crimes

>This means that some people legitimately believe that legalizing it would get more people into these other drugs and increase the overall number of drug crimes. Okay, but according to the ACLU 52% of drug arrests are for marijuana. I know we've already exited the realm of logic with the gateway drug theory but to believe that legalizing marijuana would result in an instant increase in drug arrests -- that is, enough to overtake the majority of drug arrests in a single category, seems patently absurd. [0]https://www.aclu.org/gallery/marijuana-arrests-numbers https://www.aclu.org/gallery/marijuana-arrests-numbers