[DiogenesLamp]

The thing I like best about it is that it completely defunds the cartels and all their employees all the way down to the street dealers.

That is naive.

[Magnatron]

The thing I like best about it is that it completely defunds the cartels and all their employees all the way down to the street dealers.

That is naive.

Actually it’s not. Today’s domestically grown pot is much more potent, better tasting, and purer than the ditch weed that’s coming out of Mexico these days. Like craft beer, it’s preferred over the mass-grown swill.

[William Tell]

"That is naive. "

When was the last time you heard of somebody operating an illegal still? Heard of any "alcohol pushers" murdering each other over territory? I've heard of "drug gangs" but haven't heard of "alcohol gangs".

How about shootouts between law enforcement and alcohol smugglers?

Despite the rather considerable taxes on legal alcohol, there is very little gangsterism surrounding illegal alcohol. I look forward to a day when the same can be said of pot. I'll know that day has come when my wife and I can safely travel through the Menocino National Forest and not have to fear running across an illegal pot farm and being shot.