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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It remains to be seen if it will result in fewer ODs. If it does, great. But if it just results in a net increase in usage, and ODs don’t go down, then we’ll need to rethink the plan.
These things don’t always turn out the way well-intentioned, law-abiding types expect. Remember when pot was being legalized, and a lot of people on this forum ridiculed the notion that the black market and local dealers would endure once people could readily buy legal pot in stores? And yet here we are three years later, and legal sales have only recently crept past the amount bought from Terry.
Two lessons from that.
A lot of people who use drugs want to get as high as possible, and will always choose a more potent over a less potent option.
The illegal drug trade is extraordinarily efficient, able to get product to buyers more readily than any commercial or government-run outlet.
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The reason most people were wrong, and the lesson from that, is that the government chose to tax the ever-loving crap out of the industry before it could get established. Of course people will stick with the cheap option, when taxes are close to 30%. Taxes for vape products are 50%. The government was warned not to do this so they could stamp out the black market, but they ignored that advice, and, well, here we are. The lesson is, our government is run by morons.
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