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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout
The U.S government is holding the "War on Drugs" line.
What they say in the paper is in many ways true though.
- There will not be as much legal demand as there is illegal.
- Some farmers will still sell to the black market to make higher profits.
But on the positive side, regulation would be in place and the poppy growing would be curbed and under control. The street price of herion would go up, but there would not be as much of the product anymore.
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Mexico cartels have proved they can supply heroin through the same international distribution systems that carry its other illegal products to fill any market demand unfulfilled by Afghanistan or Burma.
I'm reluctant to accept legal market statistics cooked by a war on drugs position. There were too many gaps in the report which relies on developed country consumption.