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RE: BREAKING: DoJ to Rescind Marijuana Policy—Making it Illegal for States to Legalize Weed
continue to support your local bud connects! although the legalization of cannabis is a positive step forward, the economic sad reality of it is that the legalization of cannabis takes away lots of money from low-income, historically marginalized communities, and in the hands of (mostly white folk) people that were already doing well to begin with. additionally, the legalization of cannabis does not rescind the prison sentences of thousands of people (mostly black and brown) - which it should. i am all for drug legalization (all drugs - and i don't use), but not at the further expense of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. fuck jeff sessions though and donald trump. =D
Excellent comment. These are my sentiments exactly. Continue to support your local growers. Know where your medicine comes from. Following.
That is a great observation on how it takes the money out of the street level sellers, very well put.
Sadly, when it is illegal, the poor folks who sell it essentially become fuel for the prison industrial complex. In a true free market, in which the state couldn't control the sale of arbitrary substances, these poor people could thrive as they wouldn't have to pay these steep barriers to entry from the state in the form of permits and fees. If they had a better product, they would beat out their rich competition with a substandard one.
I frequently buy produce from a local farmer because his product is far better than the store. Unfortunately, he makes far less than grocers because they can afford all the fees and permits to mass market substandard products.