No, because their members are not legally in the US. And even a cartel that could cobble together a legal presence would quickly and decisively lose the economic competition to the better educated and more experienced businessmen that would move into this now-legal market - just as legal sellers crowded rumrunners out of the alcohol market when that drug was relegalized.
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Ahh, but the cartels have been and are currently successful at defeating our MILITARY efforts to curtail their business.
So.. HOW are the cartels going to stop at “better educated and more experienced businessmen ... as they ... move into this now-legal market”?
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“....just as legal sellers crowded rumrunners out of the alcohol market when that drug was relegalized....”
As you know, The Mafia had other ideas, and they enforced those ideas with violence. Which still continues to this day. Same thing will happen if legalized MJ operations start up.
And you will still have cheaper black-market drugs (tax-free) that will flood the market. And don’t forget the IRS. You do know why the IRS was established, don’t you? To enforce taxation on all that legal booze. So. You want legal pot and a new IRS to regulate, control and tax marijuana?
That - my friend - is more big government liberalsim.
An increase in the WOD, an increase in big government - all to support a pro-drug idea that most Americans don’t want?
Bad idea.
Ahh, but the cartels have been and are currently successful at defeating our MILITARY efforts to curtail their business.
So.. HOW are the cartels going to stop at “better educated and more experienced businessmen ... as they ... move into this now-legal market”?
Cartels can't force customers to trade with them; when legal alternatives are available to customers, that's where they'll go - just as alcohol users did when that drug was relegalized.
....just as legal sellers crowded rumrunners out of the alcohol market when that drug was relegalized....
As you know, The Mafia had other ideas, and they enforced those ideas with violence. Which still continues to this day.
You claim the Mafia is still a significant player in the alcohol market? Have any evidence?
And you will still have cheaper black-market drugs (tax-free) that will flood the market.
Just like all the cheaper black-market alcohol that has flooded the market? *snort*
And don’t forget the IRS. You do know why the IRS was established, don’t you? To enforce taxation on all that legal booze. So. You want legal pot and a new IRS to regulate, control and tax marijuana?
That - my friend - is more big government liberalsim.
As I responded to this argument in post #106 - to which you never replied: "By that argument, the conservative position is to criminalize everything the government taxes. Pretty dumb - even for a Drug Warrior." Very dishonest of you to re-post your argument while evading the rebuttal.