If mj were "regulated like alcohol", then mj would be reasonably taxed and regulated... like alcohol. Your assertion makes no sense.
Of course, the same drug lords who control pot and other drugs today will find ways to run the bootlegged pot operation (meaning that the crime and violence associated with drug trafficking would continue, legalization proponents arguments to the contrary notwithstanding).
What garbage. How much crime violence was associated with the alcohol trade after the 21st Amendment was ratified?
It makes no sense because you want to pretend that "manufacturers" ("Big Dope") and high taxers (no pun intended) won't see mj as a new revenue stream from which they can realize tremendous profits (and taxes) far in excess of anything they can get from booze. In other words, my comment made "no sense" because you are pipe dreaming reality as we know it (can you say, "gasoline tax") away (which is what "lotus eaters" will always do).
Of course, the same drug lords who control pot and other drugs today will find ways to run the bootlegged pot operation (meaning that the crime and violence associated with drug trafficking would continue, legalization proponents arguments to the contrary notwithstanding). What garbage. How much crime violence was associated with the alcohol trade after the 21st Amendment was ratified?
Refer to my statement above. When the price of "legal" dope goes sky high (as it inevitably will once corporate interests and the feds are involved), the gangs will be right back in the game. Reality may be "garbage" to you, but at some point you have to put down the pipe and face up to it.