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The crime is only there due the high markups on the product, given its difficulty to obtain. You could produce the product much cheaper legally. In the case of
by Quarrelsome 17y ago
The crime is only there due the high markups on the product, given its difficulty to obtain. You could produce the product much cheaper legally.
In the case of the most addictive substances that tend to drive a lot of petty crime it's probably better to give the stuff away free.
- netsp 17y agoThe crime is there because the only way to get marijuana is illegally. A market exists. Profits exist. Anyone serving that market is by definition criminal. Decriminalising personal use (but not sale, import, cultivation, etc.) doesn't fundamentally change that.