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Originally Posted by MattyC
They become legitimate businesses and continue to rake in the dough (albeit slightly less due to taxes, worth it from both a producers and consumers standpoint to keep everything safe and legal).
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I'm sure some will. I would expect the cost to go up a fair bit as everything will have to be above board. No more stealing power and trashing rental properties as illegal grow ops. haha.
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Originally Posted by MattyC
Not sure what this has to do with legalization of one of the drugs. Anyone who wants heroin or crack or cocaine or MDMA or ecstacy or LSD or opium or fentanyl can and will find it.
Are you likely to do crack because your current liquor store now only sells crack? Or will you just go find liquor somewhere else because that's what you want?
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No, but people don't typically start any drug by going and finding it. They are introduced to it at some point by someone who is trying to get clients. If they can't sell weed anymore, which is easy money, they may be more aggresive selling other product.
Then again, if weed is legal and you don't have to associate with the nefarious to get it, maybe it lessens your exposure to the real nasty stuff.
SK just announced they are going to license 60 stores in the province. MJ will get 2. That means the market for profiting from weed will exclude a lot of people who are making money right now.