Speaking from the law enforcement side, most cops don't really care about low end drug users like pretty much all of us. Some cops might act like busting some teens smoking pot is the crime of the century, but that is mostly for show. What cops dislike about drugs is the violence that inevitably follows it. Where there is drugs you will find drug violence and or property crime. While violence and property crime mostly manifests to higher tiers of drugs, but when even with pot the violence exists. I also don't really believe that legalizing drugs will lower the violence at all because the dealers will be hanging onto whatever they can hang onto. It would be like if Wal-Mart was coming to town and the town's small business owners took it upon themselves to kill the Wal-Mart store manager and employees. I know I'm extrapolating a little bit, but I know for a fact that a lot of pot dealers here in Nevada are shitting themselves today waiting for the ballots to be counted up in California. If drugs and drug dealers had a better reputation in the public's trust then I think the idea of legalizing drugs would be more favorable.
A slightly naive look, but it does contain some truth.
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