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Legalization threatens Oakland drug dealer revenue
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 21, 2015 | by David Downs

Posted on 05/21/2015 1:25:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

California might be ready to legalize cannabis for adults 21 and over, but some members of the Oakland community are worried it will be a job-killer for their street dealers.

Support for legalization proved mixed at a public meeting of the ACLU’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Legalization in Oakland this week.

"Street-level drug dealers who are now selling to 17- to 25-year-olds could see legalization cut their market in half," said Robert Dousa.

“Many of these dealers are doing it to support their families — they need to make money,” Dousa said.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: cannabis; drugs; gangs; marijuana; pot; wod

1 posted on 05/21/2015 1:25:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There’s a new one. Legalization is raciss.


2 posted on 05/21/2015 1:26:57 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It would be a job killer for police drug task forces, too.


3 posted on 05/21/2015 1:27:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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To: Ken H

The bruthas will switch to meth.

Problem solved.


4 posted on 05/21/2015 1:28:32 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...a job-killer for their street dealers...

Not to mention all the cowboy LEOs.
5 posted on 05/21/2015 1:29:23 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Many of these dealers are doing it to support their families — they need to make money,”

How else do you expect them to support their 17 kids by 12 different women?


6 posted on 05/21/2015 1:29:49 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Community Organizing worked for O.


7 posted on 05/21/2015 1:33:05 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good prison body.


8 posted on 05/21/2015 2:21:29 PM PDT by windcliff
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