Marijuana can be grown locally pretty much anywhere in North America. We don't import basically any of it and all the Cartels are making there money of Cocaine and other such drugs where as millions go into prosecuting and convicting people for marijuana related charges that could be ignored.
I did a term paper on this for one of my classes on the power dynamics of the Mexican cartels as it relates to the drug trade. Back in the day, you see, the Mexican cartels got powerful owing to the US's crackdown on the drug trade. Colombians lost their water routes, and started relying on the Mexican runners to get their product into the US. The Mexicans got smart, and started asking for product in payment instead of cash. Some of that product was -- you guessed it -- marijuana, which grows quite well in South America.
Now that they're in charge of getting product into the US, how do you suppose the demand will be met when marijuana is legally permitted into the US? Do you think the Mexican cartels are just going to give up that power and that revenue source? Pandora's Box has already been opened, and legalizing marijuana is just going to compound the issues surrounding the drug trade.
Because prices will go down when it's legal. Most people will likely buy it because it's easier than growing it yourself, but a legitimate market for pot will get the cartels out of the picture. Why buy from the cocaine guys when you can buy it from your next door neighbor
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1. The trade channels for marijuana are currently being run by the cartels. There is no reason to believe that they would give up those channels and the money that comes with it. Rather, they'd more likely set up some front companies to bring in more of the stuff.
2. The problems brought on by the cartels in Central and South America are not addressed by this. Sure, things become less violent here when you can buy things in stores and not from some guy on the corner, but nothing changes south of the border.
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We don't import basically any of it
Not true.
I did a term paper on this for one of my classes on the power dynamics of the Mexican cartels as it relates to the drug trade. Back in the day, you see, the Mexican cartels got powerful owing to the US's crackdown on the drug trade. Colombians lost their water routes, and started relying on the Mexican runners to get their product into the US. The Mexicans got smart, and started asking for product in payment instead of cash. Some of that product was -- you guessed it -- marijuana, which grows quite well in South America.
Now that they're in charge of getting product into the US, how do you suppose the demand will be met when marijuana is legally permitted into the US? Do you think the Mexican cartels are just going to give up that power and that revenue source? Pandora's Box has already been opened, and legalizing marijuana is just going to compound the issues surrounding the drug trade.
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That doesn't change the following:
1. The trade channels for marijuana are currently being run by the cartels. There is no reason to believe that they would give up those channels and the money that comes with it. Rather, they'd more likely set up some front companies to bring in more of the stuff.
2. The problems brought on by the cartels in Central and South America are not addressed by this. Sure, things become less violent here when you can buy things in stores and not from some guy on the corner, but nothing changes south of the border.
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