The green area is larger than the pink area so total expenditures fall. A reduction in the amount society spends on prosecuting drug offenders . Besides the fact that there are fewer victims of crime, there are also fewer criminals. Since users would no longer be classified as criminals, they do not consume precious resources in the justice system. The police and courts can turn their attention to reducing other crimes.
Drugs become safer .
When drugs become legal, the illegal nature of drug transactions disappears. Moreover, the government can regulate the content of drugs and can prosecute those that sell bad drugs. This decreases the probability that drugs will be altered. Also, drug related murders and crimes decrease because those involved in the transactions can use legal remedies instead of guns to settle contract disputes. Opportunities for youths to earn large sums as drug dealers decrease .