Section 6-5: (Mini) Correlation between drugs and crime?

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While there is no doubt a correlation between illicit drugs and criminal charges, how many of these charges are solely from the drug itself being illegal? (Possession/Intent to sell charges) While the correlation between hard drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine and serious non-drug criminal charges such as general juvenile delinquency, break and enter, theft, and armed assaults/robberies is well established, can the same be said of smokers? My hypothesis would be no. Many studies show that the effects of marijuana are less life threatening than those of alcohol and even less harmful than cigarettes, the question though is does it lead to increased (non-drug related) criminal activity? With a few states having now legalized the use of marijuana only time and new studies on the matter will be able to tell us for sure.