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To: Responsibility2nd

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...


142 posted on 01/21/2014 10:10:58 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: IrishBrigade
Already the Cartels are flexing their muscles at "legal" pot shops.

Granted, Mexico ain't much of a country; so for the Cartels to rule there isn't saying much. But - legal or illegal - the Cartels will rule the production, distribution, sale AND PROFIT of marijuana here in the US. Or else.

 

Colorado pot shops likely targets of cartels, say experts

Saturday, January 11, 2014 2:49:10 PM · by Brad from Tennessee · 119 replies
FOX News ^ | jANUARY 10, 2014 | By Joseph J. Kolb
As the smoke settles from the first week of legal marijuana sales in Colorado, experts are warning that sanctioned pot dealers could become targets for the very folks they put out of business. Taking over a trade once ruled by drug cartels and turning it into an all-cash business could make pot shops prime targets for extortion, black-market competition and robbery. One veteran border narcotics agent told FoxNews.com Colorado's legal pot industry will find it hard to keep the criminals from horning in on a lucrative business they once controlled. "Mexico is already in Colorado without the risks," the agent,...

 

144 posted on 01/21/2014 10:32:58 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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