News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’. Parent comment

Re:Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘d... by mensetmanusman on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:18PM (#31948679)
It’s a hard problem because any regulations increase cost to consumers and increase the likelihood that the black market still exists.

The black market is alive and well in the U.S. where it is legal.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘d... by bombcar on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:25PM (#31948804)
Black markets that are already setup take a bit to knock down, and even just taxes can keep them running for years (there's a moderately strong black market for cigarettes, for example).

For things that are NOT in the process of being banned entirely, sin taxes may do more harm than good.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘d... by mensetmanusman on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:40PM (#31949942)
It does take some effort to knock down, but I think the failed war on drugs will mean that there will be little to no effort to knock anything down and therefore we will have the worst of both worlds.
[ Parent | on HN ]