&gt;This means that some people legitimately believe that legalizing it would get more people into these other drugs and increase the overall number of drug crimes.<p>Okay, but according to the ACLU 52% of drug arrests are for marijuana. I know we&#x27;ve already exited the realm of logic with the gateway drug theory but to believe that legalizing marijuana would result in an <i>instant</i> increase in drug arrests -- that is, enough to overtake the <i>majority of drug arrests in a single category</i>, seems patently absurd.<p>[0]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aclu.org&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;marijuana-arrests-numbers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aclu.org&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;marijuana-arrests-numbers</a>