Wow, if the drug czar was annoyed with The Washington Post last week, I wish I could see the look on his face when he reads this:
Medical marijuana laws have legitimized enough of the marijuana economy to begin vividly illustrating the long-term impact of regulated distribution. The hypothesis has been proven: people don't buy from drug cartels if they donât have to.
This simple and obvious fact demolishes any attempt to argue that legalization won't work. It's already working. Just watch.
Cartels Face an Economic Battle
U.S. Marijuana Growers Cutting Into Profits of Mexican Traffickers
ARCATA, Calif. -- Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico.Â
Medical marijuana laws have legitimized enough of the marijuana economy to begin vividly illustrating the long-term impact of regulated distribution. The hypothesis has been proven: people don't buy from drug cartels if they donât have to.
This simple and obvious fact demolishes any attempt to argue that legalization won't work. It's already working. Just watch.
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