Societal approval is not the same as legal, or vice-versa.
Salvia, a rather powerful nasty sort of drug, is perfectly legal in most states. Yet it is hardly accepted by society. Heck, it’s hardly known by society.
And it is disingenuous to call cocaine and meth legal drugs when their black market usage is overwhelmingly greater than their legal usage.
What creates a black market is legality. Be it from trading in a product that is completely illegal, or trading in what may be a legal product (cigarettes for example)to avoid a heavy taxation on said product. A black market is just like any other market in a capitalistic society. The product has demand, and someone goes and fills that demand. Since when does there have to be someone getting hurt in the ordeal? If floormats were banned and I bought one from the black market floormat dealer, who is getting hurt?
I state a fact and you call it disingenuous based upon some pulled from air standard you've chosen. I explained it to you in the simplest terms I could muster and you persist in this “disingenuous” nonsense!
A black market is not like any other market, particularly in the illicit drug market. That's why it's called “black”.
“Since when does there have to be someone getting hurt in the ordeal?”
When the production and distribution is largely controlled by predicate criminals who are willing to murder competitors or anyone else who might interfere.
Ah, but the profits attract the criminals you might say. So legalization is going to turn the cartels into garden clubs?
Sure it does and anyone who buys from them knows for a fact that they are financing the murders and maiming that took place to feed their appetite for a buzz.
All the more reason to reduce demand.
“If floormats were banned and I bought one from the black market floormat dealer, who is getting hurt?”
The guys shot and tossed down a mine shaft who tried to sell floor mats too. Of course if the mats were rubber the blood might wash off pretty well and no one would ever have to think about it.