Ah the swan song of it doesn’t hurt anyone. Yes it does. Cost of lost man hours, costs of taxpayer rehab andmedical treatment, cost of injury/deaths associated with use and distribution.
There is a false meme being pushed that legalization will cut down on crime. BS. Legalize all you want they will still need to steal to pay for it. Just like some poor who steal to buy it now or booze.
It is a false hope that the cartels will just lay down and give up their business because we legalize it. They will just move into domestic production and muscle in on the “legit” growers/suppliers.
Those belong to the man whose hours they are - he's an employee not a slave.
costs of taxpayer rehab andmedical treatment,
It's government, not the user, that imposes those taxpayer costs.
cost of injury/deaths associated with use and distribution.
Pot use in and of itself injures nobody other than the user. That, say, pot plus driving can injure others is no more an argument for banning pot than for banning driving.
There is a false meme being pushed that legalization will cut down on crime. BS. Legalize all you want they will still need to steal to pay for it. Just like some poor who steal to buy it now or booze.
The less the cost, the less the stealing. How many boozers steal, rather than panhandle or collect cans, to feed their addiction?
It is a false hope that the cartels will just lay down and give up their business because we legalize it. They will just move into domestic production and muscle in on the “legit” growers/suppliers.
Like the mob remained a major player in the post-Prohibition alcohol trade? ROTFL!
Well said. Criminals are criminals b/c they want something for nothing. And they will figure a way to get it.