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So why not selling drugs in pharmacy, so cartels go extinct? I think that simply selling it always slightly cheaper below black market rate for addicts on presc

• tathougies 7y ago
  I used to be okay with legalization because i thought this was true, but experience does not show that. Gangs will want to have their money no matter what. California legalized marijuana (which I think is fine), but we should be realistic about what happens when you do that. Gangs do not go away. They continue to fight for their market share and 'right' to siphon money away to their wars: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/california-marijuana-crime/576391/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/califor... Moreover, fundamentally, these gangs want to engage in criminal business. If you legalize drugs, it's not like there's no more business sectors gangs could engage in. They will continue to exist because there will always be people who do not want to follow the law. Drug legalization may help (although we don't know that), but that doesn't obviate the need for enforcement. More importantly, it does not exculpate those who fund drug wars as some kind of political statement or because it makes them feel better. That is still morally indefensible.
  • htmk 7y ago
    You'd still be removing a source of income from gangs, and a large one.
    • tathougies 7y ago
      Great, then they'll just extort more store owners?