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This pitched scenario has played out in exactly zero markets around the world, including all of the legal-marijuana states right here in the US.

• TylerE 3y ago
  Cartels aren't generally dealing in marijuana, it's small potatoes.
  • Alupis 3y ago
    It's not just cartels in the classical sense. In CA, it's cheaper to buy illegal marijuana than going to one of the licensed stores, for a whole variety of reasons. That "market arbitrage" opens the door for a lot of things to occur - all things proponents of legalization promised would go away.
    • TylerE 3y ago
      The market for hard drugs and marijuana are totally different.
      • Alupis 3y ago
        Little bit of a straw man there. Nobody said they weren't different things. The promises of the legalize-marijuana crowd have not become true. There is still crime revolving around marijuana in CA, it's more expensive than it was before legalization, and the tax revenue is a drop in the bucket for CA. So all we "gained" was a bunch more people using marijuana...
        • TylerE 3y ago
          You kinda did by talking about marijuana exclusively while I was talking about hard drugs.