Anything to boost that bottom line. Even if it means enabling despicable behavior and joining sides with scum. As long as it boosts the bottom line.
If you think that Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds don’t already have the infrastructure in place to start selling Marlboro Greens inside of a week, you’re deluding yourself.
Anyway, you legalize it and you take cartels and smugglers out of the equation. Lotta people in California and Tennessee that would jump at the chance to grow and sell on an industrial level.
I think it’s just a matter of time. It’ll probably wind up on the same level as beer and wine. Make the legal age 18 or 21+. We’ve already got DUI laws on the books, so if you’re somehow *speeding* while high, you wind up with the same treatment. Not sure how you could breathalyze for pot, but c’mon, it would seem obvious if someone’s stoned behind the wheel.
It’s like, sure you CAN make your own beer, but how many people actually DO? Most people just grab a twelve pack at the store. I foresee the same sort of thing happening.
Maybe we could put dealers to work as actual employees, I dunno.