How the Plummeting Price of Cocaine Fueled the Nationwide Drop in Violent Crime
		
				The Atlantic Cities blog (US)
Friday, November 11, 2011
	
	
	Friday, November 11, 2011
 This contradicts one of the central tenets of the War on Drugs, which is  that the psychopharmacological effects of drug use lead to criminal  behavior. Most studies show that it's in fact the competition of an  unregulated market that encourages the majority of violent crime. This  concept was evidenced during the prohibition era in the 1920s, a time  that coincided with an increase in crime, corruption, and contempt for  law.
This contradicts one of the central tenets of the War on Drugs, which is  that the psychopharmacological effects of drug use lead to criminal  behavior. Most studies show that it's in fact the competition of an  unregulated market that encourages the majority of violent crime. This  concept was evidenced during the prohibition era in the 1920s, a time  that coincided with an increase in crime, corruption, and contempt for  law.
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