I don’t look at this as waving a white flag at all. It’s more a direct hit amidships to the cartels wallet. Pot finances much of the costs associated with their other narcotic endeavors.
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“...a direct hit amidships to the cartels wallet”
Huh?
If drugs are made legal, the Cartels win. They have a trillion dollar stranglehold on the market and no one expects them to gracefully bow out and let anyone else take over if drugs become legal. In fact the Cartels will suddenly become no different that Budweiser or RJ Reynolds as they also become legitimate tax paying corporations.
In fact the Cartels will suddenly become no different that Budweiser or RJ Reynolds as they also become legitimate tax paying corporations.
...does that mean they will no longer behead and otherwise main their opponents, as they are so wont to do to protect their interests...
...I think its been quite a while since Anheuser-Busch or RJ Reynolds cut someones head off...
There's a huge difference between decriminalizing and legalization. Decriminalization, would allow cartels/distributors/et al to continue, and expand. Legalization, like Washington state's law for example, regulates the products production, even how much production and distribution. Stores cannot sell product from unlicensed sources, i e Mexican cartels.
Will cartels try to get front men in the system? Maybe. But ALL parties including financiers must pass background/criminal checks.
The primary thing I dislike about legalization is it ADDS government, and that is never a good thing.
“In fact the Cartels will suddenly become no different that Budweiser or RJ Reynolds as they also become legitimate tax paying corporations.”
Well, if that were to happen, then they could not be cartels anymore, so there would not be a problem for you to worry about.