During the prohibition in the United States, the country banned alcohol sales and consumption; this lead to organized crime profiting from the distribution of alcohol. This is comparable to our own situation with organized crime controlling the auspicious drug industry. When the prohibition ended, health hazards due to contaminated liquor were reduced and consumption laws made it difficult for crime lords to find a source of revenue. Similar results would be found. Wealthy criminals would …
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…could continue to do nothing to possessors of small amounts of marijuana so the courts won't be too full. If the courts pass the bill to depenalize marijuana, it would encourage officers to issue tickets to people who have possession of small amounts of marijuana instead of doing nothing. Im completely agree with his ideas. It is a excellent alternative to decriminalizing it because it encourages punishment and doesn't clog the already congested court system.