I don't want to get too off topic from jump but some context might help. While black market is "drug crime" so are drugs from friends that the person in posses

I don't want to get too off topic from jump but some context might help. While black market is "drug crime" so are drugs from friends that the person in possession doesn't have a doctor's script for. And while the Libertarians and others might have been wrong, the ultimate concern was about violent crime and property theft, etc. Has crime gone up? Evidently yes. However, what of the type of crime? Finally, pot is not legal. In many states and municipalities it has been decriminalized. Weed is still a Schedule 1 drug at the Fed level. That is, it is still very illegal. If it matters, I don't smoke weed. My comments are not for it, or againt it. Again, simply context for the conversation.