The only crimes marijuana was ever associated with were the crimes of marijuana possession and sale.

Here on DU and in the wider press.

But the claims are worthless since, as I noted, it was law enforcement agencies that made the claim crime would soar with legal marijuana. When the reverse showed up, advocates noted this.

Now jerkoffs are lying to claim advocates said this, when the reality is advocates noted, once again, lies from law enforcement that demonstrate yet more reefer madness in this nation.

"crimes" like forgetting about the gram in your pocket as you drive home from your Colorado ski weekend.

Perfectly legal in CO, but step one foot over the state line and you're an instant felon. CRIME IS UP!!!!!11

This guy has it ass backwards, iow, and REPEATS the very same assumptions of law enforcement to argue against legalization, here:

So, the joke is that this person, acting as if he is responding to a claim made by legalization proponents, is repeating (racist) claims made by opponents.

People noted the decrease in crime to indicate the law enforcement scare warnings against legalization have not happened - they, again, made the initial correlation, not supporters of legalization.

There's no reason to think greater availability through legal routes, limited to adults, would increase crime, but this is exactly the sort of thinking this person engages in, and also elides marijuana legalization with "availability of drugs such as" when bills have all addressed marijuana, not "other drugs."

iow, this is just another example of why the Washington Times has nothing worthwhile to say about this issue.

Reefer Madness as the status quo, iow. Nothing new here. Same old same old.

...and of course, this post is rec'd by a member of the Reefer Madness club here.

To repeat: the UNSCIENTIFIC CLAIMS were made by LAW ENFORCEMENT, not legalization supporters.

But this is how propaganda works - you lie about what others have said when your statements are invalid.