Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by tomohawk on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:07PM
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3: tax revenue
Governments can and do tax illegal drugs. Just issue tax stamps. If drugs are found without them, you also get them for tax evasion.
All drugs used to be legal in the US. There is a reason that they became controlled a hundred years ago or so, and it does not involve conspiracies by big pharma. Go research the history - it's fascinating.
Alcohol is one of the leading causes of death in the US. A large share of car accidents, suicides, crime, heart disease, and many other things is caused by it.
Governments can and do tax illegal drugs. Just issue tax stamps. If drugs are found without them, you also get them for tax evasion.
All drugs used to be legal in the US. There is a reason that they became controlled a hundred years ago or so, and it does not involve conspiracies by big pharma. Go research the history - it's fascinating.
Alcohol is one of the leading causes of death in the US. A large share of car accidents, suicides, crime, heart disease, and many other things is caused by it.