ndustries--zero (Benjamin and Miller, 1991, 174).
This latter is evidence by example or precedent evidence. It has also been noted that drug laws, not drugs, are what have made drug dealing profitable, and eliminating drug laws should change the economic picture significantly (Wink, 1990, 737).
The third argument for legalization is that it would remove the stigma from thousands of Americans now labeled criminals, which would enhance their respect for the law and might improve the moral fabric of society. The prison population would diminish and immediately and eliminate complaints about prison overcrowding. With the reduction in criminal activity, there would also be an increase in the ability for the courts to address civil litigation as court dockets were freed from hearing drug cases:
Along the way, the erosion of Americans' civil liberties would likely be reversed, and the police would once again be the ally, instead of the enemy of the average citizen (Benjamin and Miller, 1991, 175).
These various social benefits have been derived deduc
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