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Ok I have tried posting this like 3 times lol.

Anyway even if americans do start producing coke there would still be huge infrastructure costs as well the high labour costs and combined with the currency exchange, coke produced in countries like peru would still be cheaper compared to that produced to the U.S. And as A mentioned the quality would still be of a big concern in the market and with countries like peru being in operations for quite a long period of time it would be very difficult to match their quality straight up entering the market.

OK, let's just say I know a liitle about a lot about controlled substances...The Black Market will nexer die...Legalization of the cocoa leaves will not drive the price down...I know a lot of functional crack users...They will not go into the local walgreen's to make that purchase...Regular cocaine users are not strugglin for cash...Besides, retail prices would be higher than street prices...This is America....Besides, like God's Son stated, what could be better than the Peruvian??????????.....

ark got a point.

also, consider, who would bother to buy it if they knew that 60% of the people you could mug/kill/fuck might have more of it in their stash than you could afford?

and as always, what about the stock prices... dow jones would have to be rebooted.

How many men sittin on a suitcase right now would not take that to the investment world to make some real *kung-fu* grip, instead of doling out through chump change middlemen on park benches? the value of the dollar would plummet.

and what about all the people in jail that would have appeals requested based on the fact that new legality proceedings warrant reconsideration of the severity of their sentence?

Alright, A, I see your points a little better now...So why aren't drugs like coke really legal? Is it because of the economic problems it would cause? I just don't buy that coke, etc is illegal cuz "it's bad for you." Since when has the gov't cared about that?! McDonald's, etc is encouraged in our society.

@ raum..

also, consider, who would bother to buy it if they knew that 60% of the people you could mug/kill/fuck might have more of it in their stash than you could afford?

and as always, what about the stock prices... dow jones would have to be rebooted.

How many men sittin on a suitcase right now would not take that to the investment world to make some real *kung-fu* grip, instead of doling out through chump change middlemen on park benches? the value of the dollar would plummet.

I don't really understand those points...could you simplify a little plz?

and what about all the people in jail that would have appeals requested based on the fact that new legality proceedings warrant reconsideration of the severity of their sentence?

Fucking damn good point, I had not even thought about that...Shit, they'd practically empty out the jails, and send back into society with a clean slate a bunch of cats that don't know how to do nothing but hustle...Moving weight is no longer an option, it will more than likely create an even deadlier criminal, or as I said, the creation of more dangerous drugs that are not legal...

And it is not legal, cause they (The Gov't) cannot control it...Many of the things that are considered illegal are that way from a control point of view...Have you ever studied the prohibition period..?

ok, these points:

1. crime would greatly increase. coke is an aggressive drug.

2. the market standards would be completely unhinged by the influx of coke that would publicly traded from private stores. all stock in active portfolios in the lower upper, upper middle *home owner* class would be seriously devalued, leading to unprecedented debt from all the people who have their stock profile as collateral for loans. most traders would move to the coke in the market, and this would up production, and devalue the american economy.

3. the people in jail would have the grip to get free from the stash on the side, and have the experience necessary to make a hungry ghetto of the country. you just switch which criminals are in control. and a good bit of the rest would just get out of jail, get on the streets start popping and droppin,.. and then

poof! instant state of emergency...

So it won't be made legal since they couldnt control it. Alright. But what if they monopolized it? That would solve the problem economically, but what about in other areas?

Who is they..? And how are you going to monopolize it anyway..?

The Gov't...And theoretic monopolization...like not allow coke trading with other countries, etc.

The basic essense of any working economy is competition. The govt despises monopoly and even with a monopoly the prices in no way would go down but would actually give rise to more black market operations in regards to the coke sale and resale.