The more I think about it, the less I think that legalization will do anybody any good.
Casual pot smoker (less than 10 times per year)(me): the legal stuff would be "watered down". It aint hard to buy an eighth off a buddy and it lasts me forever. The very odd occasion that I want to have a hoot, I want to catch a good buzz. It'd be pretty lame if I had to smoke two or three times that amount to do it, not to mention pay more.
Regular pot smoker (every day): these are the ones that would actually hate it the most, though they tend to be the ones that push for it the hardest. Right now, in Canada, getting caught with anything less than half an ounce, undivided, will 9x/10 result in mere confiscation. Big deal.
Legalization would mean paying alot more and getting inferior product. Why would these people want that?
The small time dealer: would just move on to other drugs. You wouldn't be cleaning up crime, so no benefit to making this legal.
Big time dealer: hardened criminal with no regard for the law. Again, will move on to other illegal ways of making money.
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