Gee...I never saw that coming. Also, more people smoking the crap means more people stealing stuff to sell for dope money. I know crime is way up in Alaska since we “legalized” dope.
When did did this start? Pot has been legal in Alaska since the seventies. Only thing that changed was legalization (And control, testing and licensing) of retail sales and commercial production. Growing for personal use, possession and transport of small quantities has been legal for decades.
Where I live, in Alaska, nothing has changed except some senior citizens are now able to purchase quality regulated product legally instead of having to grow their own in a flower pot and are less dependent on opioids. Also, smuggling and illegal sales of unregulated, untested product are down.
Where are the facts to back up your assertion? Do they apply to anyplace outside of Anchorage?