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Originally Posted by Rubicant
Cigarettes and alcohol are controlled and taxed by the government... Don't see too much illegal trading of that stuff.
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See the Cap'n's post above re: trade in illegal smokes.
But more importatly, cigarettes have never been illegal and therefore there was never a big incentive for illegal tobacco growers. As such, when the gov't decided to tax the hell out of smokes, people had little choice in whether to pay the high price or not.
If the gov't tries to sell pot at a hugely marked up price, there's an industry selling a cheaper alternative already in place.