LSJ 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Legal Intoxicant, Property Crime, Unintended Consequences
5 Apr 2016
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Who and what is blamed for drug related violence, and by whom: mexico initially blamed for the smuggle of drugs into the us, us then received blame for the supply of weapons. Why does this matter: media does not recognize the way law itself can contribute to violence. Historical evidence: correlation between prohibition, enforcement, intensity, and violence. The more efforts into prohibition, the more homicides result: statistical regression results suggest causal connection. Other factors were taken into account, still shows the correlation. Creates unregulated criminal market - more likely to produce violence. Creates competition in the market - people take more risks and increase their price of their product: unregulated nature of trade. Any violence that stems from a person ingesting a drug and became crazy/violent: economic-compulsive violence. How people using drugs get their drugs. Economic need of people who were addicted to drugs: systematic violence. The nature of the circumstances surrounding the illegal market.
