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Freedom entails the ability to make choices for ones self that others might not approve of, or deem “smart”...Doesn’t make marriage, unprotected sex with randos, or one night stands, a healthy, or smart choice either. Are we gonna outlaw those too?The only ones really pushing drugs are Big Pharm with a variety of toxic, addictive sustances all available with just "speaking to your doctor to see if_____ is right for you."That's where you're mistaken... There is no need to push drugs. There is a willing market that freely desires them. Those who provide are merely meeting a demand that already exists...So you're dead set on simply pushing more drugs onto the market in spite of the failure of legalizing marijuana in various states. Why?
Why Colorado's black market for marijuana is booming 4 years after legalization
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When recreational marijuana went on sale in Colorado in 2014, the government's goal was to regulate and tax a drug that was already widely used and to squeeze out dealers and traffickers in the process.
- Briar Stewart · CBC News · Posted: May 28, 2018 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 28, 2018
But law enforcement authorities in the state say legalization has done the exact opposite.
Even though there are more than 500 recreational marijuana dispensaries in the state, the black market is booming. It's being driven by criminal organizations that grow weed in Colorado and smuggle their crop into states where it is still illegal and can be sold for a much greater profit.
The black market hasn't gone away within the state, either, because some marijuana users are deterred by the higher dispensary prices and are loyal to their long-time dealers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/colorado-marijuana-black-market-1.4647198
Investigators say the illegal trade has flourished because the state laws around growing marijuana were overly generous in the beginning and hard to enforce.
Yet lets freak out about pot.
Doesn't make pot a good, healthy or a smart choice.
Don't put words in my mouth! I never said to make it illegal. I said it is not a smart choice.