The poor minority folks leading organized crime.

If their crimes are predicated upon a law which is no longer seen as justifiable, it's almost like they weren't doing anything bad at all.

Selling drugs is a money source for organizations that do things you generally don't want to legalize.

Most people are just trying to make a living. Hopefully the pritzker company is forced to atone for their evils.

I walk into a cannabis store near me and see young white people behind the counter, and I know the license holder is a wealthy white person (because it's public record). I know the company running the government website where I can buy online is owned and run by a bunch of rich white men (because it's a public company) and most its employees are well-educated, well-to-do white men because I know many of them personally. I know the government that owns the distribution and licensing channels and collects the excise taxes is mostly rich white men because I voted. I know the corporations that produce wholesale cannabis are owned and run by wealthy white men because I own stock and get the annual reports.

I see dealers in the local park. They don't tend to be wealthy white men, and they don't tend to be the people running the organized crime either. The organized crime will just move into more profitable areas like phishing scams and bond ratings agencies. It's the dealers on the street who suffer the most from the legalization of the recreational cannabis trade.

I definitely see legalization as best for society as a whole. I'm just uncomfortable with yet another way the cream floats to the top.

> It's the dealers on the street who suffer the most from the legalization of the recreational cannabis trade.

Good.

Nothing is stopping non white people from opening legal dispensaries. Don’t be so racist, maybe smoke some weed and chill out?

Well, the fact that they're in jail for being such innovative, ahead of the curve entrepreneurs stops them from opening legal dispensaries.

Definitely that, and the ability to pull a $60,000 line of credit out of a hat just to submit a license application. If most dealers could go to the bank and get that kind of credit, they would probably have chosen a different line of work.

I find it worrisome how preoccupied you seem to be with the skin color of others.

> I'm just uncomfortable with yet another way the cream floats to the top.

That's a feature of capitalism. If it makes money and can be controlled by already existing entities => make it legal, otherwise => shut it down.

Also, let's stop making every single issue a skin color issue, it's more of a "rich people" thing than a "white people" thing. https://tysonranch.com http://khalifakush.com

I'm sure the cannabis industry created thousands of jobs which aren't for "white people" only and which offer better horizons than dealing in the streets.

> because I own stock and get the annual reports

Honest question, why don't you practice what you preach and invest in "non white" companies ?

Sorry, smart folks don't want black market product. Learn how the world works.

Black markets exist because demand for a good or service is there despite the effort of those in power to control the supply. This is how the world works.

Smart folks don't just accept arbitrary and capricious rules that in practice cause more harm than good. Wise people work to change the rules in such cases. That's what they're trying to do in Luxembourg.