[CaptainCrunch]

I would think that if we legalize pot and tax the crap out of it, we would still have the illegal market undercutting any prices and offering more potent pot.

you would also have a massive underage user market that would still need to buy illegally.

I'm all for increasing the government revenue stream by issuing licenses to grow it and sell it and putting it into liquor stores.

I'm not a fan of dealers who sell it to kids,

I'm not in favor of legalizing and distributing the really devestating hard drugs.

But if you did legalize pot for example the gangs aren't going to go away, they're not going to shrug their shoulders and retire, they'll get fight for a shrinking market, they'll push hard drugs, they'll smuggle firearms in and sell them. They'll find more potent pot.

The lure of the easy buck isn't eliminated by legalizing the market, they'll just find another way to maximize profits.