[dynachrome]

Actually, I would guess, that if all drugs were made legal, there would still be a narco state in Mexico. The feds would have such high taxes on the legal stuff, it still would be worth smuggling across the border.

[gaijin]

I agree completely. Tobacco is completely legal, but efforts on Indian reservations to undercut the effects of exorbitant tobacco tax abound.

There would be an explosion of “drug shops”, then stiffer and stiffer greedy regulation, and then an explosion of “pirate dealers” back on street corners.

There would be drugs absolutely everywhere.

[Ken H]

1. Suppose drugs were taxed and regulated like alcohol. Would you agree that the black market would be small, like it is for alcohol?

2. The feds have not taxed tobacco or alcohol enough to create a thriving black market, so what makes you assume they would do so with a regulated drug market?