... commercial activity, there are always gains from trade" (Dordrecht). When a transaction involving marijuana is made, both the buyer and sellers are innately better off. This is because a voluntary exchange, in any case, infers that the buyer would rather have the product than the money, and that the seller would rather have the money than the product. Prohibition was meant to be the end of voluntary exchanges involving marijuana. But ... . You would have to assume that prohibition decreases supply at least to some extent. There are people whose job it is to keep marijuana out of the U.S.,...

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... illegal drugs is so high. It is certain that there can be benefits to a legalized drug trade and that some uses of marijuana will benefit the economy if legalized. This statement is based on the assumption that all illegal drugs can benefit the economy if legalized and that some illegal drugs include uses of marijuana. Illegal drugs are classified as controlled substances. Controlled substances ... a study that found that additional law enforcement efforts cost 15 times as much as treatment to achieve the same reduction in societal costs. Societal costs include the costs of imprisonment,...

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