We actually have evidence for this with eg Portugal (where most studies find a decrease in violent crime) and the US, particularly California where we, for the

We actually have evidence for this with eg Portugal (where most studies find a decrease in violent crime) and the US, particularly California where we, for the first time, decriminalized the supply chain. There also, there was a fall in crime [1]. Despite the fact that cartels may continue to control human trafficking, etc, it cannot hurt to take away large chunks of their profits. [1] https://blog.oup.com/2019/07/how-medical-marijuana-hurts-mexican-drug-cartels/ https://blog.oup.com/2019/07/how-medical-marijuana-hurts-mex...