‘And the criminals will move onto harder and harder drugs.’
The cartels make most of their money on meth and heroin. What harder drugs are there?
“The cartels make most of their money on meth and heroin.”
According to the drug czar (https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/policy-and-research/wausid_results_report.pdf), in 2010 Americans spent more on pot than on any other illegal drug - so legalizing just pot would take a big bite out of cartel profits.
And it’s no coincidence that heroin use has skyrocketed since we’ve been in Afghanistan.