The black market isn’t necessarily “somewhere else”. People would prefer to buy black market weed than go to the official stores where they have to pay taxes etc. I suppose some people buy there. Also under age people - they can’t buy in stores. Plus the meth and heroin use hasn’t gone down at all, the idea that legal mj will diminish the use of “hard drugs” is another fantasy.
“People would prefer to buy black market weed than go to the official stores where they have to pay taxes etc.”
Down at the local VA deathmart, you’d get the impression that a lot of old-timers are growing for their own use, and are concerned with keeping it out of the hands of youngsters.
“Plus the meth and heroin use hasn’t gone down at all, the idea that legal mj will diminish the use of “hard drugs” is another fantasy.”
People who go to the black market are often exposed to hard drugs. It is, after all, a black market. I have heard it said that building the wall will help with heroin coming up from May hee ko.
It is my belief that the city government here could buy chemical sniffers that would allow them to locate and eliminate every meth lab in the city within a matter of days. Instead, they waste our tax dollars on “buckle your seatbelt” campaigns and other PC crap.
Highlighting the ongoing failure of the war on pot.
Right?
People would prefer to buy black market weed than go to the official stores where they have to pay taxes etc. I suppose some people buy there.
Official stores are doing good business in every legal-pot state.
Also under age people - they can’t buy in stores.
Nor booze - but there's no evidence that underage demand for that drug is sustaining a significant black market.
Plus the meth and heroin use hasn’t gone down at all, the idea that legal mj will diminish the use of “hard drugs” is another fantasy.
That's completely off-topic, however ... I agree that once one is using meth or heroin, one probably isn't going back to just pot even if it's legalized. But taking the pot out of the black market makes a transition to black-market harder drugs less likely.