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This is one of the least surprising "negative" outcomes of legal marijuana in selective states. I put negative in quotes just as a signal that it's not exactly
by the_watcher 11y ago
This is one of the least surprising "negative" outcomes of legal marijuana in selective states. I put negative in quotes just as a signal that it's not exactly optimal, but there's an argument that by moving their growth operations somewhere legal, it reduces the likelihood of violence in that particular aspect of the black market marijuana industry.
- DrScump 11y agoIn CA, making grows legal has just made the illegal grow problem worse, since the legal crop masks the illegal crop in the supply chain. We have huge problems with illegal grows on public lands (or other people's private lands out of easy view) and the concomitant adverse effects (toxins, erosion, dumping, workers imported illegally, violence against neighbors and enforcement agencies, price pressure on legal operations, ...).
- r00fus 11y agoInteresting - do you have a reference for this?
- hyperion2010 11y agohttp://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120016 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....