"As long as marijuana is illegal, production and sales will be in the hands of criminials, whom cause all kinds of civil disorder. The production of marijuana almost always goes hand in hand with illegal tapping of power and water sources. Criminial dealers of marijuana are more likely to be a gateway to heavier drug. Once the marijuana users get addicted to the heavier drugs, you'll have two criminals instead of just one (the dealer), now we also need to contend with the stealing and robbing junkie. It also works the other way around, the dealer that starts of with marijuana will almost always try to get more profits by selling heavier drugs."
Is this from personal experience?
In my experience people who grow weed for cash do it on a smaller scale than you think. Im not talking business venture setup, although those types also do to, generally have less than many people think, especially nowadays. They are just good at what they do and and different crops in at different times. Which means they're getting a constant supply. It's pretty much a full time job just doing it right.
Doing it right pays off.
It's these people who will be growing it for the government medicinally once the law reform has taken place. They have the knowledge and utensils to provide a top quality product, which the government would want to justify its decision.
If it was legal it would be easier for those FEW people that have already considered this and have been set up successfully in operation for years. Successfully growing/selling weed, raising a family, working a part time job if not a full time job, and have done for years. Its just part if their lifestyle and only the right people need to know (the "criminal ring" as is most commonly known) which is generally just a bunch of mates who've just been kicking it together for years and share common interests. Through those contacts, work associates, family members thats pretty much everyone covered a grower will to sell weed to. I don't know about in the States but in most places the weed circle doesn't extend very far. More people smoke it than you think, and more of it than you think. This does not mean that they are getting it off the street, or from criminal drug underlords. Most likely 80% will be gettin it off the grower by only 3 degrees seperation. Thats you asking you're workmate who ask's his brother who has a plant or 6 in a cupboard some getting a pound every 3-4months. Not the 'commercial' supplier everyone rants about that has minions selling dimebags on the street corner, bet they don't have weed EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR and can do that. Most of those guys probly buy an ounce or 2 a week off their cousin who grows a similar plant or 6 every 3-4 months. Thats hows the 'Tinny Houses' operate. Growers and suppliers can't risk their hard work getting screwed selling (hard (A class))drugs.
Let alone trying to sell it to people they don't know smoke.
F_cking wannabe hustlers who wouldn't know what a male plant looked like or knew what the plants specific needs are at different times of its both vegetative and flowering cycles would try to make the extra buck selling crack because they can't grow good weed, and can only buy dimebags off the guys on the corner mentioned earlier. So basically a bad business venture. Much like the used car seller who has to raise the price on his pre-loved totally-freaking-used-to-sh!t wrecks.
If Cannabis was legal 80% of people would have a huge weight off their shoulders making a few extra hundred bucks a month, off their friends and social circle, who in my experience if you know they do drugs its open to be discussed etc. but friends that are straight it's just not a topic of discussion simply out of respect and mainly to cover your ass just incase they really aren't your friends, so its not even the entire social circle really, maybe a handful of people who do it with another handful and that generally as far as it goes. No extreme amounts of cash are handed over.
Its hard work to be a media portrayed pot-dealer. Why do you think they always have new sh!t thats better than the last, then leave before you've had a look. Their supply isn't constant. And for one to be constant they cannot be far from the grower. Most media dealers are, so they have to keep trying to find new people to get it from themselves to sell, like I say, most probly buy off the street corner then add 5 bucks or take a bud or two, but neglect to factor in the $$ for the drive into town, the effort to get it, the effort to actually try and shift and large (larger than an ounce divided into varying small amounts, large amounts aren't profitable) and any other trouble anyone who just wants to relax and make a bit extra wants to avoid. So experimenting in selling harder drugs would be appealing considering you are doing ALOT for F_CK ALL. But like I said.. this is only a minority. Those circles are all seperate from your weed smoker. I don't know if you've ever really known/lived with practicing heroin addicts, Pure Methamphetamine users, cocaine addicts. They know who they know and they sh!ts even more secretive than weed dealers (obviously!) and those people struggle to function in normal society, even once they are off the sh!t and they don't go out of their way to force that shit upon you unless they have some kind of trust with you. As those people struggle in social situation and pretty much just can't hang out and chill like a group of stoners will. This seperation keeps marijuana uses and hard drugs in minimal contact (except for the hustler).
The big gang jobbies etc. you probly see get busted on tv. Gangs involved in that level of drug trafficking are big and gangs like to party, in all honestly probly half wouldve made it into circulation. And half of that stuff would be sh!t quality from bad storage and being handled by 30 people before making it to the bag which you're paying for. Which is obviously bad, it IS a flower.
If you want to try weed for the first time at 14 then thats probly ok for you to be buying that crap, and coughing your lungs out and getting an hour stone.
Anyone that actually enjoys the benefits of the effects of Cannabis (80%) wouldn't go anywhere near these places. So majority of cannabis transactions are safe, secure and kept off the streets, within a trusted group of associates.
And there's probly more people than you think with a plant or two of their own for personal use in their garden who might sell an ounce off it to someone they know if they get that much extra when they harvest for themselves. Another 2 happy customers.
Its no fun until someone dies.
Cos I need to watch things die.
