You realize doing away with the black market

I thought Lincoln already did that.

You realize doing away with the black market should greatly reduce crime? Your arguments sound similar to those that lead to the Volstead Act, and we know how *that* turned out.

It will stop much of the black market and associated crime. And that is a big start.

And the illegal actions of children are not my concern. That's the job of parents. Somehow we can deal with the legal sale of alcohol. A few more drugs won't matter.

"victimless crime" my ass.

what about the people that they have done god knows what to, stole from friends and or family, or maybe burglarized someone, maybe held someone up, possibly even stabbed, shot or otherwise did bodily harm to someone in order to "get their fix".

How do you figure? You have to explain that one!

Umm...things that are legal generally have a weak or nonexistent black market, and little crime associated with their acquisition and distribution. For instance...alcohol.

Mash... things that are legal don't have much incentive to be sold on a black market. That's why black markets exist, to facilitate the movement of goods that are illegal or heavily controlled. Eliminate the incentive to have a black market, the crime associated with them drops.

As far as children. No, that is not my problem. They are the problem of their parents or legal guardian. It is not my responsibility to see that somebody's child doesn't get a beer, or a cigarette, or a joint, or a handgun.

It's much harder and very expensive to boot leg however crime gfs not gone down since dope had become "legal"

When Colorado legalized weed more than a year ago, opponents of the move warned that crime would rise. But half a year after the first sales of recreational marijuana began, the state's biggest city has yet to see an increase in criminal activity.

During the first six months of 2014, violent crime in the city and county of Denver was down 3 percent from the same period in 2013, according to the most recent available data. Three of the four main categories of violent crime that are tracked in the data -- homicide, sexual assault and robbery -- are all down from the same six-month stretch last year. Aggravated assault, the fourth category, is up 2.2 percent.

Burglaries and robberies at the city's dispensaries of medical and/or recreational marijuana are on track to hit a three-year low, according to a separate report from Denver's Department of Safety, first reported by The Denver Post.

Overall, property crime in the city is down by more than 11 percent from the same six-month period of 2013.