I guess it depends on where you want to fight the battle. The bad hombres will always have something going on to make money. If the market for dope goes away, they'll push the harder stuff, making it even more potent and addictive. If the market for 18+ prostitutes goes away, they'll traffic more and more kids.
Never underestimate human depravity.
Fair enough, but, like car salesmen, the bad hombres are looking for the easy mark. If there is no EASY money in pot, they are going to look for something else.
Easy money from drugs has corrupted more young men, black ones especially. The women go off the rails because of easy welfare money.
Easy money from criminal or unethical behavior is what we're targeting here. Take the money out of it and fewer will be corrupted to begin with. We might end up with more car salesmen, however......
