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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I guess you and myself would have to agree to disagree.
I'm fine with legalizing it, but in terms of free enterprise how willing is organized crime going to be to give up that revenue stream.
They're either going to find a way to make it more potent, or cheaper then a government taxed version.
We could say that if the government manufactured it or contracted out manufacturing to free enterprise that they could do it cheap.
but organized crime also mass produces this stuff, wouldn't have to worry about packaging and quality control etc, and they would bring it in dirt cheap with lower labor and movement costs from south america for example.
they won't give up on a massive dollar revenue like that just because the government gets into the business.
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Sounds good to me, agree to disagree. Just because organized crime wants to retain the revenue doesn't mean they can.
Look at it this way, during prohibition, organize crime made a fortune. Then alcohol was legalized, and corporations took over the entire industry. Now I'd wager 99% of alcohol made in the US & Canada is 'legal'... there's nothing organize crime can do but hi-jack a few trucks and re-sell it... not exactly as lucrative as owning the industry.
As long as things like drugs are illegal, organized crime will make a fortune and be very successful, no two ways about it.