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Drug legalization isn't the problem, corruption is. When the cartels can buy any officer and government official in Mexico, legalization will only give them mo

Drug legalization isn't the problem, corruption is. When the cartels can buy any officer and government official in Mexico, legalization will only give them more power. "4) In a competitive, legal market, the successful firms will be the ones which offer the best product - the firms with the best drugs, the highest standards of quality and ethics, the nicest stores, and the best customer service. Why buy from dodgy drug-dealers when you can walk into a beautiful store and get great customer service?" Really? So Walmart and Amazon have the highest standard of quality and customer service..really?????? "Why buy from dodgy drug-dealers when you can walk into a beautiful store and get great customer service" Because money talks. The government will tax and regulate drugs. Many users will not want to pay a higher price for a lower quality product (quality might be THC levels, etc). Why go to dodgy virus-laden websites to download software and music when you can go into a beautiful store with great customer service? I'm all for the legalization of MJ, but I feel like common sense goes out the window in any of these discussions. If the community is all about stopping the violence, why not boycott all cartel grown drugs?

nirnira 13y ago
Walmart and Amazon are hyper-efficient organisations that are able to deliver extremely low-cost goods. Hence their popularity. If ultra low prices are what consumers want, then what's to stop someone attempting to sell marijuana that cheaply? Again, not really a vicious cartel's forte. A cartel's forte is violently excluding competitors to maintain high profit margins in a market hidden from normal legislative balances. As long as all the growing takes place within the legalisation territory (i.e. nothing is sourced from illicit operations in foreign nations) then I see no reason why violent organisations would dominate legal trade of psychoactive substances.
angersock 13y ago
why not boycott all cartel grown drugs? Because Bayer and Amazon can drive the bastards out of business much faster, simply by being better organized.

nirnira 13y ago

Walmart and Amazon are hyper-efficient organisations that are able to deliver extremely low-cost goods. Hence their popularity. If ultra low prices are what consumers want, then what's to stop someone attempting to sell marijuana that cheaply? Again, not really a vicious cartel's forte. A cartel's forte is violently excluding competitors to maintain high profit margins in a market hidden from normal legislative balances. As long as all the growing takes place within the legalisation territory (i.e. nothing is sourced from illicit operations in foreign nations) then I see no reason why violent organisations would dominate legal trade of psychoactive substances.

angersock 13y ago

why not boycott all cartel grown drugs? Because Bayer and Amazon can drive the bastards out of business much faster, simply by being better organized.