03-01-2017, 12:38 AM
http://reason.com/blog/2017/02/28/sessio...to-think-h
I would think it is safe to assume that the violence that occurs is because of the prohibition of it, and if someone is a dealer that will use violence as a solution they typically aren't going after the weed money, it's the money lost from harder and more expensive drugs (have lived with a drug dealer and know a few others that often came by, it was coke and LSD they were stingy about).
Quote:C-SPAN
In comments to reporters yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions provided more reason to worry that a crackdown on state-licensed marijuana businesses is in the offing. "I'm definitely not a fan of expanded use of marijuana," said Sessions, an old-fashioned drug warrior who thinks "good people don't smoke marijuana." While states "can pass the laws they choose," he added, "I would just say it does remain a violation of federal law to distribute marijuana throughout any place in the United States, whether a state legalizes it or not."
Sessions gave little indication of the extent to which he plans to enforce that law, except to say that "we're going to look at it...and try to adopt responsible policies." But he expressed sympathy for states such as Nebraska that complain about an influx of marijuana from states where it is legal and worried about rising potency. "Current levels of THC in marijuana are very high compared to what they were a few years ago, and we're seeing real violence around that," he said. "Experts are telling me there's more violence around marijuana than one would think, and there's big money involved."
While it sounded like Sessions was harking back to Harry Anslinger's "reefer madness" campaign against marijuana by blaming violence on the pharmacological effects of super-potent pot, it seems the attorney general is more worried about the "big money involved" in the marijuana trade. "You can't sue somebody for a drug debt," he said. "The only way to get your money is through strong-arm tactics, and violence tends to follow that."
I would think it is safe to assume that the violence that occurs is because of the prohibition of it, and if someone is a dealer that will use violence as a solution they typically aren't going after the weed money, it's the money lost from harder and more expensive drugs (have lived with a drug dealer and know a few others that often came by, it was coke and LSD they were stingy about).