[robertpaulsen]

"If pot and cocaine where legalized the Bloods, Crips, FolkNation, MS13, etc would dry up for lack of funds and a lack of a need to protect turf"

I bet if you were around during Prohibition you'd say, "Legalize alcohol and the gangs will be gone and we'll finally have peace in the neighborhoods".

BWAHAHAHAHA!

[54-46 Was My Number]

I bet if you were around during Prohibition you'd say, "Legalize alcohol and the gangs will be gone and we'll finally have peace in the neighborhoods".

It certainly didn't turn out that way. Once booze was legalized, the gangs turned to drugs, in addition to the ever-popular hookers, gambling, loan-sharking, and other rackets.

Legalizing drugs would simply close down one "silo" in a gang's business plan.