Question for people who want to legalize marijuana.....................…
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What do you think the violent drug cartels in Mexico are going to do as soon as marijuana is legalized? Are they going to magically put down their guns and start hugging each other and declare a ceasefire? These drug cartels import marijuana. If they stop doing that, they'll just latch on to something else illegal.
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They'll do exactly what the Italian Mafia did when alcohol was legalized: as profits start to shrink, and there's less to go around, they'll start killing each other. They've already "latched" onto anything that they can find that's profitable - cocaine, methamphetamine, you name it. Legalizing marijuana will deprive them of a major source of revenue, which will somewhat destabilize them, although of course it won't make them disappear.
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It will hurt Jack Daniels and Coors a lot more than the drug cartels. But that's a signficant part of their trade - most people won't do hard drugs, for any reason, even if they smoke pot.
A portion of the marijuana mafia will stay underground just like Al Capone. Overall you will see a reduction in crime and overloaded prisons.
Perhaps, but there is no doubt that ending Prohibition was a blow to organized crime. Also, Mexican drug cartels are only one reason for making the change. Look at the vast amount of tax dollars spent on pointless policing and needless incarceration. Not only would those expenses go away, but itwould be a huge tax revenue source.
Their funding would drop significantly, because they rely on the selling of illegal drugs. Much like the mafia relied on the sell of alcohol during prohibition. It took a long time, but eventually they were defeated.
you're very right, but i think you're underestimating the SIZE of the illegal marijuana industry right now. Of course, they'd move on from it, but it would absolutely neuter a LOT of their power.
Sure, they'll try to find something else to do. But without the huge black-market profits, most of them will fail to find something else and have to go get a real job. Not all, most.
That's the stupidest sh't I've read all day.
Stop making victimless crime laws. Then they will have to latch onto something healthy.
Anyone that buys crappy weed from Mexico is dumb@ss everyone knows there weed sucks.
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