what interpol

International police

@Flash "Kosovo" aploed to jin interpol

regulations create monopolies

and not that regulations stop monopolies

@Flash www.interpol.int

Eh, anyway I gtg y'all

cya

why do u think they exist

and that lobbyists push for them

"drugs are a bad thing, but legalizing them will make them a good thing"

actually

...we need to find a way to reform our Health Care System.

^^^^^^^^

and education system

"drugs are a bad thing but to stop people from being beheaded and gunned down day after day we should regulate and tax them"

Cartels will just keep selling their strong versions of the drugs

i thought the market regulates itself?

while people get addicted to the weak legal versions

@beans I don't see how that applies here

why will they sell strong versions if the market allows everyone to compete?

Because people get addicted to the weaker versions and then they work their way up to the stronger

why wont stronger versions be in stores?

Because regulations exists that the markets had created so they didn't look bad

Governments that legalize drugs are taxing them

why would the government regulate something its getting all that money off of

selling something illegal skyrockets the price way more than any regulation could

for instance

weed and tobacco cost relatively the same amount of money to grow

yet weed is much more expensive

especially in states where its illegal

The more expensive something is, the less people will want to get it

yes

cartels have to smuggle shipments across the border

cartel weed is junk

Congratulations, @BW10 for reaching level 6!

@flash not necessarily true. Sometimes when the price rises, it makes people want the good even more, because people think price=value, therefore higher price=higher value. the entire jewelry and luxury goods industries thrives on this principle

Yes but we arn't talking about that

but for weed this strategy will not work

^

Was about to say that but ok