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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The lure of the easy buck isn't eliminated by legalizing the market, they'll just find another way to maximize profits.
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Couldn't you ultimately use the tax money of legalizing marijuana to beef up police and border presence for harder drugs and more dangerous activities?
Of course there is always going to be a black market, you can find that with almost anything in life. However most people will choose the legal way because the government could keep it at a competitive price and most people would rather not deal with drug dealers like they are forced to right now.
Canada spends around $500m a year in fighting drug crimes, $400m of that is spent on marijuana. What is wrong with that picture? Shouldn't they be focusing on the drugs that cause actual addicition and can ruin peoples lives more than having to run to 7-11 for munchies?
You know there is an issue when the criminals prefer and fight to keep something illegal. Ask any grower who makes $10-20,000 a month growing in his spare bedroom if he wants it legalized. Their answer will be no. And of course the police want to keep it illegal because that's how they continue to get funding for the "fight". They know just as much as the next person the fight was lost the moment they started it.