They may not go away completely, but they will contract to a much much smaller size.
Stealing cats, cars, etc are not only more risky, but they don't pay as well as selling drugs.
If it were more lucritive to be doing those activities, it would already be the case. Since gangs are not financed by theft, we can assume, quite logically, that gang membership will go down if there was no money to be made in selling drugs through the black market.
Stealing cats, cars, etc are not only more risky, but they don't pay as well as selling drugs.
If it were more lucritive to be doing those activities, it would already be the case. Since gangs are not financed by theft, we can assume, quite logically, that gang membership will go down if there was no money to be made in selling drugs through the black market.