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To: TigerPaw who wrote (8632)	1/10/2006 10:31:17 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541347

There is an implication in the crime discussions that drug use will go way up if it is legalized, or more accurately decriminalized. Yes, I think that assumption underlies a lot of the argument. I think it would be useful to deal with it first so that we don't get sidetracked debating extraneous questions such as how non-user victims would be compensated. I would expect drug use to be more or less constant with legalization. There are some factors that would tend to push it up and others to push it down. And there are maximum thresholds on both ends. It would never exceed a certain level of usage nor fall below a certain level, regardless of legalization. The other complication that perturbs discussion is that some people have legalization in mind and others have decriminalization. They are quite different scenarios. I'm looking at it from a legalization perspective.