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When prohibition ended, it legalized the bootleggers.

Kennedy had political connections, if we assume he was a rum runner; so the common gang MS-13..and they are just murdering punks..will not fall under governmental guidelines for distribution. If they did attempt so their income would be drastically reduced and their positions so minor. Why buy from MS-13 when you can get it from a Kennedy type guy, or Budweiser guy, a Board of Directors etc. The home brewed/grown stuff has no interest to the marketplace.

The reality is that the present war on drugs will never end, the way it has been run up to this point now. There is too much money involved - corrupting officials that swore to "serve and protect" on both sides of the border. Should you pay cops more would be another issue for later discussion.

Just a realist here. It's all about Big Business and its' ability to either succeed or fail. Leaves no room "for forced terror tactics" as before. MS-13 punks would be taken out by the economics.

Once you can legally have it..the thrill/ the edge is gone.

How many of us go buy Hooch from some friend's cast iron bath tub when you can go to the pub on the corner and get a liquid that will not make you go blind? (physically that is!) Kennedy refined his company of legalized hooch. Drugs now can be laced with or sprayed with cheap chemicals. Increase weight for profit profit. It's also common practice for a dealer to sell medication that is something other than what it's claimed to be.

Like with casinos that have landed in some big Midwestern cities often on their riverbanks. Regulations have owners paying big bucks to "shameless" rehabs, schools, infrastructure.. etc.

The more I talk the more I think the time has come to make some changes with what is going on at our doorstep south of the border. Mexico now teetering, can easily fall to these violent cartels fighting for power. Corrupt police. Head's rolling. Families terrorized. You will have a pouring across the border of immigrants searching for safety like you have never seen before. We are talking a big issue here: National Security!!

Hurts me to consider perhaps the time for legalization and regulation is needed. Hey, the government will tax the crap out of product just like they have cigarettes and other sin goods.. etc.

..not so many years ago that the city (NY) was overrun with a dozen or more lawless gangs whose feuds and killings kept the police on the run and disturbed the peace and quiet of different sections of the city." -October 30, 1921 NYTimes.