/liberty/ - Liberty

I think use is free but production is very regulated, so it may be little difference.

>>73740

Yeah I hate the fact that all this is passed with the intent of gaining more tax revenue for the state. It is a win-lose in a way, but at least it is a start.

>>73735

Last I heard around the time Colorado legalized the cartels started investing into heroin and cocaine because just a handful of states alone was enough to completely wreck their shit. They tried to invest in meth, but apparently they can't compete with the US gangs already producing it since meth is a cheap drug.

It won't have an effect since they'll just move on to other criminal avenues. As more and more things get legalized, it'll eventually eat away at their power, but one plant is like a car that needs an oil change.

>>73755

Forgot flag

>>73740

The main issue with production is "testing" that it's supposed to undergo, and the fact that marijuana businesses can't legally get business loans or store their money in the bank/credit unions won't touch it since it means the government cutting them off (so they have to store it in a safety deposit box). It's weed, it gets you high, but government wants labels saying how much THC is in it and stupid shit like that. It's like how vape used to be readily available online since any chemistry student could whip up a vat of it perfectly safe and sell it, but now that testing is required in most states, vape is becoming more and more monopolized.

>>73755

> just a handful of states alone was enough to completely wreck their shit

I wonder if that could explain the ever increasing violence that is going on down there? 2017 was the most violent year so far. With decreasing profits coming in from the the legalization in the US, the cartels are being forced to fight for a greater share of the remaining market to make up for lost profits.

>>73811

You are probably correct.

>>73854

There has also been a trend now where the cartels are moving toward extortion of locals especially around the tourist areas. This may also be coinciding with the decrease in drug revenue from up north as well. The US supplies Mexico with two major markets, drug money and tourism money. Take one away and it seems logical that they would start to leach from the other. The next few years should really be interesting.

>>73883

Well, what a start.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/07/11-dead-after-gun-battle-erupts-outside-mexican-beach-resort/23326601/

>>73735

Some towns have kicked out the state and the cartels. They are ruling themselves almost as independent city-states.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/world/americas/mexico-state-corruption.html

>>73931

Hope they kick the cartels out of the country.

>>73931

tfw no mexicana gf ;_;