[AnimalMuppet]

I wonder, though: How many of the violent crimes are drug-related? That is, if a drug dealer shoots another over territory, is that reported as "violent", or as "drug"?

My guess is that it is reported as violent, and therefore that legalization would reduce crime more than you would expect from the 20.5%.

Unfortunately, "legalization" means marijuana. It doesn't mean all drugs. That means that there will still be drug crimes, and violent drug-based crimes, over cocaine and heroine and meth and on and on. And I'm not sure that legalizing the other drugs would be beneficial. Even more, I'm sure it's not going to happen any time soon. That means that legalization would only eliminate the marijuana-related crimes which, while many, are by no means all the drug-related crimes.