“Opposite - what you just described is the END of Prohibition, which was also begun with an amendment unlike federal pot prohibition.”
Which is exactly what I didn’t mean to say when I somehow mysteriously left out the word “end” in the beginning of that freaking sentence.
So... I completely blew my argument and surrender, but am not convinced. Nor can. I wrap my arms around conceptualizing anything less than unending strife for these corporate farms. Watching billions of untaxed, unregulated, state sanctioned controlled substances being produced openly is far and removed from simple decriminalization.
I understand completely the points you are articulating and I’m not in disagreement. But I do not think the federal government is going to simply give it a pass. Nor do I think the criminal element is going to let opportunity pass them by.
They are both taxed and regulated (although not by the feds).
I do not think the federal government is going to simply give it a pass.
They have so far - and AG Sessions has said that the COle memorandum under which this has happened is "not too far from good law."
Nor do I think the criminal element is going to let opportunity pass them by.
Like I said: Nobody said legal pot growers alone among Americans would be immune to thieves - just that there's no sound reason to expect "countless" instances of pot-theft gunplay.