After more than half a century of unbridled "war on drugs", even the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), the US federal anti-drug agency, has had to admit that the legalization of cannabis at the state level ago fall the question of black market.
A simple, almost obvious principle, which however breaks the foundation on which the anti-prohibitionist system is based. A system financed by billions and billions of public money, which incarcerates simple smokers and enriches drug traffickers, according to which banning a substance would limit its consumption.
Same thing for cannabis light in Italy, a phenomenon which, according to the study conducted by the departments of Economic Sciences and Statistics ofUniversity of Salerno together with Dr. Leonardo Madio ofUniversity of York, reduces the sale of illegal marijuana.
Nella presentation of the budget to Congress for fiscal year 2021, the DEA provided an outlook on law enforcement activities and made projections on future trends, specifying that legal access to cannabis decreases the demand for products coming from illicit trafficking.
The federal agency has in fact declared that: "After the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida in 2017 led to retail distribution centers across the region, the legalization of low-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC 10%) medical marijuana is expected to lead to a growing market for low-THC marijuana in Florida. Despite this, until Since high-THC marijuana will not be legalized in Florida, we believe the impact on demand for high-THC marijuana from California and other states will be minimal."
Second Justin Strekal, the political director of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), not only does the DEA confirm that consumers prefer legal channels to the illicit market - thus enriching state coffers and consequently financing socially useful initiatives - but also uses the term "until" when referring to the prospects of legalization in the state.
“Their position clearly indicates that Prohibition's days are numbered - Strekal argued - We are experiencing the last regurgitations before the death of prohibition”.
