Decriminalizing Weed Might Actually Reduce Violent Crime, UT Dallas Researchers Find

Here's something fun to do when you find yourself forced to have a conversation with a cop.  Ask them when the last time was that they had to fight with someone who was really stoned on weed.  Most of them can't come up with one time.

Then ask them how long it's been since they had to fight with a drunk.  They'll check their watch.

If not for the mighty bud, y'all would never have been able to enjoy my witty ripostes over the years.

And I probably would have been driven to commit some heinous crime against some deserving idiot douchefuck Dallasite.. The opposite effect.

Imagine that, something that libertarians, many conservatives, and Rick Perry support has actual scientific basis.

@everlastingphelps

There are exceptions to the rule. OWS comes to mind.

@JohnSmallBerries  

What are you trying to say?

Blow says that we need to try to make sure teens are not using MJ because studies say that the adolescent brain is more susceptible to addiction.

This study says that there is no appreciable rise in crime due to the legalization of MMJ and in fact there may be a small decrease in violent crimes.

I don't see a connection unless you saying that by addicting teens to MJ that maybe we can reduce violent crime?

@Montemalone

While I support legalization, and do agree that weed in itself leads to a more peaceful, introspective society, I must also speak for the value of alcohol - without which we may not enjoy the societal advancements or even the founding of our nation, which was accomplished by a bunch of sots. Also, beer traveled better than water, which enabled the spread of European sots around the globe.

And of course, we can't discount alcohol's contribution to procreation.

Of course, it's not an either/or issue, as the consumption of weed tends to magnify the effects of alcohol, much to the relief of the National Liver, but to the chagrin of Big Booze.

Incidentally, as far back as the seventies, marijuana cultivation began to replace moonshining in the Appalachia in a big way. The county prosecutor in the town my family lived in even grew it interspersed with his corn, to foil the prevalent aerial surveillance. As usual, rednecks lead the way!

@TheRuddSki  

Don't confuse Perry's endorsement with any sort of common sense change of mind - it's all political.

You know that in his heart of hearts that he believes marijuana emboldens the darkies and the messicans and makes them want to rape white women. 

@TheRuddSki I'm a big cider fan, have been for years. Cider is what the colonials drank instead of water. Beer came later. Wine was imported. Now I get to enjoy all 3. Yay militiamen.

Yeah, I enjoy a little bud and Bud together. The carbonation in the beer soothes the throat.

@TheCredibleHulk

I assume most political positions assumed by politicians have at least some politically-expedient aspect.

But, apropos if nothing, I can think of a few white wimmin not even the finest cannibas indica would cause to be raped by anyone of any color. They're the ones with the X tattooed on their ample butts.

@TheRuddSki  

Infiltrators sent to harsh the mellow.

Obviously.

@manpanties

Even the ones that occurred when there were no cops in the vicinity?

@JohnSmallBerries @TheCredibleHulk  

Congratulations. You were successful both times.

What is your point?

@TheRuddSki  

The ancient Mayans enjoyed getting sloshed via alcohol enemas.

Talk about shit-faced.

@Montemalone

Mike Rowe had a series on the value and history of alcohol in western culture, specifically America. Beer, or Grog, was present on The Mayflower, and the other ships.

@Montemalone @TheRuddSki  

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”

~Benjamin 'C-Note' Franklin~

@TheRuddSki  

Not antithetical to conservatism - only to Perry.

I don't have an issue with conservatism, per se. In my opinion, the conservative position on cannabis ought to be strictly "hands-off" of peoples rights to grow and use or grow and sell what is essentially produce.

It is the folks like Perry that have attached their (Calvanistic) ideology to issues like this that drove me away from conservatives and conservatism in general. When I lived in the upper mid-west, I considered myself conservative - It's only after I got to Texas that I found out I was a godless lib.

@TheCredibleHulk

I'm not so sure it's antithetical to conservatism as people might assume.

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz @TheCredibleHulk  

No wonder he always looks constipated.

@TheCredibleHulk  Rumor has it that Perry's been known to assume many positions antithetical to his ideology.

@TheRuddSki  

To your first point - I hope it causes Perry much mental anguish and distress to have to assume a position so antithetical to his ideology.

To your second point - I'm sure I have no idea to whom you might be referring.