Legalising pot is probably just a concession to the narcos
It's fentanyl now. Pot is cheap and easy to grow in Mexico.
Yeah, but cartels can still produce it
lol there is no way Narcos want legalized drugs. Not that weed makes up any significant percentage of their business.
Why wouldn't they want to sell a secondary product without any government meddling (not that the government has that much power lol)
Legalization would bring in more government meddling, not less. Exactly as you said, the government doesn't have that much power. Cartels currently have full control of production, distribution and profits. They do not want regulations, taxes and dealing with competition in uhh... less confrontational ways. That's even if they'd be allowed into the market, which is unlikely.
Legalisation means the government won't even bother to pretend to fight cannabis trade
No it doesn't. Speaking from Canadian experience, legalization was a crackdown on the wild west of dispensaries we had here.
Canada has a central government, Mexico only in name. Don't compare the two
If you want to toss out that argument, fine. Cartels don't want legitimate competition at all. Legalization would flood the market with startups that they couldn't control or compete with.
Legalising pot is probably just a concession to the narcos
It's fentanyl now. Pot is cheap and easy to grow in Mexico.
Yeah, but cartels can still produce it
lol there is no way Narcos want legalized drugs. Not that weed makes up any significant percentage of their business.
Why wouldn't they want to sell a secondary product without any government meddling (not that the government has that much power lol)
Legalization would bring in more government meddling, not less. Exactly as you said, the government doesn't have that much power. Cartels currently have full control of production, distribution and profits. They do not want regulations, taxes and dealing with competition in uhh... less confrontational ways. That's even if they'd be allowed into the market, which is unlikely.
Legalisation means the government won't even bother to pretend to fight cannabis trade
No it doesn't. Speaking from Canadian experience, legalization was a crackdown on the wild west of dispensaries we had here.
Canada has a central government, Mexico only in name. Don't compare the two
If you want to toss out that argument, fine. Cartels don't want legitimate competition at all. Legalization would flood the market with startups that they couldn't control or compete with.
I don't know why I'm debating you on this.