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Originally Posted by heims01
I couldn't agree more! Keeping it unlawful contributes to the criminal Cartels and the violence associated with them.
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Yes, and for fear of sounding like a conspiracy nut, for some of the S. American cartels we are talking about a $50B/year business of selling illegal drugs in the US.
If I was head of a company doing $50B/year in sales to a country, I would certainly be motivated to donate millions (billions?) to the campaigns of politicians that have a history of voting to protect my source of income. I might even spend a few million spreading false reports of the negative impact of using my product - just to be sure people want it to remain illegal.
Just saying that is just me, and what I think I would do if I ran a $50B/year business selling illegal items.