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mbperrin

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5. Cartels would become legitimate businesses with lower operating costs, lower prices, and

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 10:30 PM

Apr 2013

higher volume. They would use dollars to gain political power, real power, not the popgun variety they have now.

Lord knows we need another legal way for people to get messed up. No, actually, we don't.

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Singer found dead along road in rural South Texas [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2013 OP

Yup, that's par for the course down here. Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #1

WRT Drug cartels, the US could put them out of business TheDebbieDee Apr 2013 #2

Just like the end of Prohibition dealt the death blow to the rackets in the USA NoPasaran Apr 2013 #3

Really? Organized crime ceased to exist and profits evaporated on booze mbperrin Apr 2013 #4

Jeez, I guess we need closed captions for the sarcasm-impaired NoPasaran Apr 2013 #6

Well, I'm stupid. mbperrin Apr 2013 #7

No problem NoPasaran Apr 2013 #8

The pot cartels would disappear from HERE and try to set-up shop in another country TheDebbieDee Apr 2013 #10

The end of Prohibition didn't deal a deathblow to the rackets........ TheDebbieDee Apr 2013 #9

Cartels would become legitimate businesses with lower operating costs, lower prices, and mbperrin Apr 2013 #5