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Re:Legal marijuana is taking a bite out of drug cartels' pro... by matt_wulfeck on Sunday March 06, 2016 @06:57PM (#11236258)
That's true and a good point, but the article also quotes a Mexican grower who says the bulk price has come down about 50%. That's money right out of the cartels pockets.
Re:Legal marijuana is taking a bite out of drug cartels' pro... by mirimir on Monday March 07, 2016 @01:41AM (#11237475)
It's money out of the grower's pockets, for sure. But the cartels, they'll just focus on other products.
Re:Legal marijuana is taking a bite out of drug cartels' pro... by klibertp on Monday March 07, 2016 @07:04AM (#11238406)
Pivoting doesn't come without any cost, focusing on other products means large investments in infrastructure, which was earlier set up for marihuana and became unprofitable. However you want to look at it, it's a loss for the cartels in the short term. In the long term, it depends on what they decide to focus on; hopefully, we'll legalize that next thing before the cartels start making a huge profit from it.
Re:Legal marijuana is taking a bite out of drug cartels' pro... by redblacktree on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:02PM (#11243478)
Yeah, but extortion and kidnapping don't scale as well as the drug trade does.