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ELI5: What would happen to the Cartels and organized crime in the US if marijuana is legalized.
gpt
Marijuana has always been easy to grow even in a closet.  It can be grown in the US very easily and has been forever.  It's also cheap as fuck, so the risk:reward to smuggling it over the border in any significant quantity is a no go.  That's why cartels primarily deal in meth, cocaine, heroin, etc. because those are much easier to produce en masse in Mexico than in the US, and the reward for smuggling is much greater.  Organized crime within the US, however, have already felt the pain in states where it has been legalized, and have moved or switched to other products.