Legalisation is a very broad notion. What to legalise? Usage/consumption? Small business re-selling? Large private industry? Arguments for it cover an equally

Legalisation is a very broad notion. What to legalise? Usage/consumption? Small business re-selling? Large private industry? Arguments for it cover an equally large range. The argument about legalising consumption for public health reasons probably focuses more on reducing harmful consumption rather than all consumption. The article cites several strategies used by the sports gambling industry (eg QR codes) that encourage addiction, and harm. You don't need to make all gambling illegal to crack down on that kind of stuff. Ultimately the question is one of control. Complete market deregulation is arguably the worse possibility here. With illegal activity the government can control through repression, and via a public monopoly they control the quality of the product and the chain of distribution.