| dudeitsminion said: Not a heavy smoker anymore, but legalize marijuana and see lots of profit from taxes. |
You know. I don't think you'd see HUGE profits from Marijuana. Though would save a LOT due to the war on drugs being over.
The profit Margin on Marijuana really isn't that great i'm lead to believe, hence why people see Marijuana as a "Gateway"drug. It sort of is.... because Drug Dealers are always trying to "upsell" you on something more serious they're holding because they want a higher profit margin and Marijuana they mostly just sell to smooth out revenue/allow upselling/gain connections in drug culture to friends who might use harder stuff. While others in the "Franchise" system sell mostly just to pay their dues in hopes of making up. Selling Marijuana in a franchise type situation actually won't make you anymore money then working at McDonalds!
Policy wise you want things to be around street level or lower. (espiecally for more high profit drugs) otherwise you end up with a lot of black market out there still.
To get some real taxation profits the government would probably have to legalize the harder stuff... and that's unlikely to happen because a lot of the harder stuff has such a high markup, people would be REALLY uncomfortable with how cheap it would have to be to make sure a black market doesn't spring up.
We're talking Heroin and Cocaine cheaper then Cigarrettes.
