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Originally posted by Kkamjong
Why would they do this? 
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The only people that benefit from the illegalization of drugs are criminals, gang leaders, etc who depend on a red hot black market to make their outrageous profits and continue their way of life.
Once drugs are legal, you can tax them, have legal distributors of them, and regulate them, putting tens of thousands of violent criminals and criminal organizations out of business.
Back in the early 20th century, it was a drug dealer kingpin in California who successfully lobbied the state government to ban the sale of marijuana, and as a result, his profits went way up.