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Originally Posted by zikzak
So there should be a huge spike in violent crime since the start of the War on Drugs, right? Well, the opposite happened.
DBJ hasn't sold me on his theory yet, but crime rates during prohibition aren't a refutation of it either.
You're going to have to look south of Texas. During prohibition, the major players were located in the US, I believe. They vied for power and control right here in our streets.
These days, most of the major players are located outside of the United States, in Mexico and South/Central America. I haven't even looked at the historical violence levels for those areas, but I'd imagine that's where you'll find your spike.
Last edited by Ineedaride2; 03-07-2012 at 07:50 PM.
Reason: tl;dr: we outsourced our violence.