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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
dont blame police if you end up in the middle of a shootout. they let people sell dope  problem is assholes blow up the spot trying to take the drugs and money. they have to use military tactics because some of these gangs are military trained. |
You are missing the entire point of making it legal. By making it legal it becomes a business and the illegal types get pushed out of the market. Ie gangs and the types whom cause the most problems.
Just like during probation, the gangs were in that business because making it illegal created massive profits for them. Once it was made illegal the gangs no longer chad the ability to corner that market and now there is only a small demand for illegal product.. Think moonshine..
The same would happen if all drugs were made legal. The market would get cornered by big corporations and the little everyday drug dealers would get pushed out as the demand for illegal product went away..
The problem is there is too much money in the war on drugs, so the cops have to have another way to pay for their toys and keep their budgets expanding every year..