Posted on 06/21/2024 9:09:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Who didn’t see that coming.
Dumbo-crats.
We all saw that coming. The Democrats in office only saw dollar signs.
It kind of sounds like it was the plan all along.
The problem is government did not live up to their side of the deal. Just like when alcohol was illegal and then made legal in 1933, these legal drug programs should have gotten rid of the illegal operations so legal could profit and pay taxes. But no, government screwed up the deal! Wide open borders, illegal operations violated the law that is driving out the legal business. Way to go Gavin, mess up California and yet the powers to be want you to be President. Image how FU the country would be under President Newsom!
It’s all about the cartels.
They didn’t mess anything up, this was all by design.
The whole Democrat party is aligned to enact policies on behalf of the drug cartels.
The fact you don’t hear anything about this, means they are that powerful.
Money talks when it comes to corruption.
Dumbo-crats.
Actually, it's long been an article of faith (that's the right term) among Libertarians that once drugs are legalized, drug-related crime will disappear.
Article left out the real problem, which isn’t drug legalization. They are twofold - (1) letting suspects out of jail without bail or with nominal bail gives organized crime the ability to kill witnesses and continue its activities without interruption and (2) not deporting illegal aliens gives organized crime an endless supply of easily intimidated workers with no English and no idea of how to get help.
[The problem is government did not live up to their side of the deal. Just like when alcohol was illegal and then made legal in 1933, these legal drug programs should have gotten rid of the illegal operations so legal could profit and pay taxes. ]
Bingo. The black market in pot was there before legalized pot. Why pay for taxed pot? The claim that pot had medicinal benefits was crap too.
And their RINO “friends”.
Yes, unfortunately.
I’ve heard this explained as a taxation issue. That the state adds SO MUCH tax to the sale that the black market has set up a cheaper alternative.
That was another of their bull$hit fables.
I said a long time ago that legalizing marijuana wasn't going to stop people from getting it illegally, or stop crime associated with it. And like you, I don't buy into that medicinal benefits crap either.
On a recent trip to California, I found that legal weed at dispensaries is ridiculously expensive because of taxes. Two of the three stores I visited offered me ‘untaxed’ weed at a better price.
Ok, open the borders and let who the hell knows into your neighborhoods. Legalize pot and tax it ridiculously, leaving a significant black market opportunity. Many of our now new guests are very adept at growing all sorts of things, not just beans and avocados. They just need someone to back them like the friendly cartel fellows. Pot heads are looking for cheaper pot. Police departments defunded. Gee whiz! Guess what happens? How about closing the damn borders and deport as many of our “guests” as possible? This would be a HUUUGE one-time effort, but cheaper in the long run than supporting the rest of the world. Oh yeah, and grow your own weed.
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