We present a series of 12 cases of violent crime, which were all committed under the influence of cannabis in Geneva, Switzerland, between 1996 and 2000. The crimes were committed by eleven males and one female, with a mean age of 26 years, who were using only cannabis at the time they acted...
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Misuse of statistics in public funded research, much wow.
https://www.thelocal.ch/20210323/in-numbers-which-swiss-cities-have-the-highest-crime-rates/
Geneva
Some 10.4 violent crimes per 1,000 inhabitants were recorded in 2020. Of these, 1.3 of were were assaults, 2.5 threats, 3.3 physical harm, 0.4 threats and violence against officials, and 1.2 robberies.
Also registered were 51.8 thefts (excluding shoplifting), of which 8.2 were break-ins and 6.1 were stolen bicycles, and 3.6 vehicle thefts.
So Geneva has about half a million of population, which means about 5000 violent crimes, times 4 years, which means that for the period in question about 20 000 violent crimes were committed, lol, a whopping 0.06 percent, I mean, that is a rate of negative outcome that even pro-RonaVaxx people would probably think minuscule.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And from this article we see:
None of these studies prove that rising cannabis use has caused population-wide increases in psychosis or other mental illness...
But Mr. Booker is wrong. The first four states to legalize marijuana for recreational use were Colorado and Washington in 2014 and Alaska and Oregon in 2015. Combined, those four states had about 450 murders and 30,300 aggravated assaults in 2013. In 2017, they had almost 620 murders and 38,000 aggravated assaults—an increase far greater than the national average.
Ok, first off bundling those states, which legalized X at a particular time and doing a group comparison is kinda stupid, don't you think.
Oregon appears to have a lower overall crime rate than the USA proper, while as Alaska has a higher one:
Oregon Crime Rate 1979-2018
Alaska Crime Rate 1979-2018
In Alaska's case the uptick started in 2014, not 2015.
Washington State Crime Rate 1979-2018
Washington is the same situation as we have with Oregon, with below US average and following the same trend.
Colorado Crime Rate 1979-2018
Colorado is the only place that switched from below average to very slightly above average.
So, yeah, two out of three of your studies have huge leaks and misuse of data, bub.
3 out of 4 states on here are nowhere near the top 10
Tennessee for instance:
Although cannabis remains a schedule I drug under federal law, 33 states have medical marijuana programs — 11 also have adult-use cannabis laws
cannigma.com
Prohibits it, and has much higher crime rates, New Mexico, another violent state that has become more violent at rates similar to Alaska, legalized usage of cannabis in 2021.
Arkansas, another violent state in the top 5, legalized medical marijuana in 2016 with recreational marijuana still being a criminal offense.
Lies, damned lies and statistics, and puritanical cherry pickers who fall for them.
As to the nonsense about cannabis causing more violent crime, well, the key in the problem is probably recreational.
I know a bunch of people who drink because they are deadbeats, they are not deadbeats because they drink.
The alcohol is not helping any, but these types of morons use it, and the weed too, I suppose, as a type of anesthetic.A way to run away from their problems and flaws.Well, the problems and the flaws do not disappear, they are hidden temporarily and start to fester.