• diprount_tomato
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    22 years ago

    Why wouldn’t they want to sell a secondary product without any government meddling (not that the government has that much power lol)

    • @[email protected]
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      42 years ago

      Legalization would bring in more government meddling, not less. Exactly as you said, the government doesn’t have that much power. Cartels currently have full control of production, distribution and profits. They do not want regulations, taxes and dealing with competition in uhh… less confrontational ways. That’s even if they’d be allowed into the market, which is unlikely.

      • diprount_tomato
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        12 years ago

        Legalisation means the government won’t even bother to pretend to fight cannabis trade

        • @[email protected]
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          42 years ago

          No it doesn’t. Speaking from Canadian experience, legalization was a crackdown on the wild west of dispensaries we had here.

          • diprount_tomato
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            12 years ago

            Canada has a central government, Mexico only in name. Don’t compare the two

            • @[email protected]
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              42 years ago

              If you want to toss out that argument, fine. Cartels don’t want legitimate competition at all. Legalization would flood the market with startups that they couldn’t control or compete with.

              I don’t know why I’m debating you on this.