True, but it will significantly lessen demand for illegal hard drugs. This will make violent crime less beneficial to the bottom line, allowing government to funnel more money into treatment and rehab programs . This in turn will curtail demand even more, allowing even more money and resources to be funneled into rehab and treatment. I realize we will never completely eliminate demand for hard drugs like we did with alcohol, but we can hope to curtail demand to the point where murder and extortion and bribery are no longer economically beneficial, like the situation with pirated software.
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