[robertpaulsen]

If pot is legalized and taxed, this same type of thing will happen to pot prices. Then it will be legal and we'll have the bottleggers/gangs to deal with.

Eventually, you would hear about how much revenue is being lost from the people who grow their own. You think the WOD is bad now? Wait until there's lost federal/state/city revenue involved.

[Protagoras]

If pot is legalized and taxed, this same type of thing will happen to pot prices.

When pot is legalized, I predict that many people will grow their own and most pot will be tax untouchable.

[Protagoras]

Then it will be legal and we'll have the bottleggers/gangs to deal with.

When it is RElegalized, there will be no need for bootleggers and gangs.

You are talking about taxes here, there will always be tax avoidance. The amount depends on the level of taxation.