They also argue that the regulation of
marijuana sales makes it safer for consumers
and provides a steady stream of new revenue
for cash-strapped states.
The Economic magazine wrote in 2014 that
decriminalization makes sense only, as it put
it, as a step toward full legalization because
under the former only criminals would profit
from a product that remains outlawed.
According to The Economist:
"Decriminalisation is only half the answer. As
long as supplying drugs remains illegal, the
business will remain a criminal monopoly.
Jamaica’s gangsters will continue to enjoy
total control over the Ganja market.
They will go on corrupting police, murdering
their rivals and pushing their products to
children. People who buy cocaine in Portugal
face no criminal consequences, but their euros
still end up paying the wages of the thugs who
saw off heads in Latin America. For the
producer countries, going easy on drug-users
while insisting that the product remain illegal
is the worst of all worlds."
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