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Re:Seattle vacates hundreds of marijuana charges going back ... by kabdib on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:00PM (#16950066)
On the other hand, regulation of alcohol has not gone well historically, with people arguably worse off with very stringent controls. Artificial scarcity has resulted in predictable increases in black markets and crime, reduction in safety, and boosts to the prison industrial complex.

We seem to have reached a middle ground, here in most parts of the US. Alcohol is taxed and regulated, the products are relatively safe (no worries about methanol poisoning), and the black market is quite small.

Re:Seattle vacates hundreds of marijuana charges going back ... by opportune on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:13PM (#16950104)
Effective regulation on alcohol has an upper limit due to how easy it is to make. Cannabis has this too, but you still need either a place with visible sunlight (which can probably be easily seen) or an indoor place using a lot of electricity/producing a lot of heat, plus the seeds. You only need sugar and yeast to make alcohol, and you can do it in a well hidden place without using a lot of energy
Re:Seattle vacates hundreds of marijuana charges going back ... by grandmczeb on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:09PM (#16950409)
It’s trivially easy to make enough weed for personal consumption; certainly much easier than making alcohol (safely). The thing that’s hard is growing enough to sell.
Re:Seattle vacates hundreds of marijuana charges going back ... by tnli on Sunday April 29, 2018 @03:18AM (#16951034)
You've newer brewed your own beer, cider, wine or sugar wine, have you?
Re:Seattle vacates hundreds of marijuana charges going back ... by ModernMech on Sunday April 29, 2018 @04:42AM (#16951226)
You've never grown weed, have you? It's called weed for a reason.
Re:Seattle vacates hundreds of marijuana charges going back ... by petraeus on Monday April 30, 2018 @11:45AM (#16959566)
Both are easy to make.