Would Decriminalizing All Forms of Street Drugs Raise or Lower the Violent Crime Rate?

What effect would legalizing street drugs have on the national violent and non violent crime statistics? What effect would it have on the Mexican Drug Cartels and the War On Drugs here in the U.S. and in Mexico?

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