Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

Errr -- SURE, but..

No doubt the price of a kilo of cocaine would also drop if it were suddenly a legal substance. Illegality does increase margins, but the rigors of operating under such conditions probably won't appeal to many. That's not quite the silver lining you suggest -- -- if the effect of 2257 is to put us squarely back where we (and numerous other legally embattled industries) have been before -- hanging by a thread that is maintained by a tiny handful of "bandits" who have balls enough to risk everything for the upside. I'd rather see an adult insdutry where 1 million people make $100,000/year LEGALLY than one where 100 people make $1 billion/year ILLEGALLY --


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