Sunday, 16. November 2003

Topic: DRUGS - on November 16, 2003 at 4:28:21 PM CET

Stoned criminals not so smooth: arrests likelier

Smoking marijuana doesn't lead to violent crime, but it may lead to more arrests of stoned criminals who engage in acts of violence, according to two economists.

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula of the RAND Corp. and Harvard University graduate student Beau Kilmer found that crooks under the influence of marijuana were more likely to get caught, though pot smokers apparently were no more likely to commit a violent crime in the first place.

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