It’s gearing up to be a banner year for legalized weed, but that doesn’t mean we can ease up on fighting prohibitionists. That means it’s time for another installment of our series “Prohibition Arguments, Cannalyzed™”—in which we dissect stupid anti-cannabis arguments by using words and common sense. Here’s a favorite one cited by those who sport MAGA hats.
ARGUMENT: “If you legalize cannabis, it just helps criminal gangs like MS-13 smuggle even more cannabis into the country. It’s another reason we need that wall!”
Nope. Legal weed won’t mean more smuggling from the Southern border. That’s always been an argument based on faulty logic. Why would someone smuggle in a product—especially one of far lesser quality that hasn’t been tested for pesticides, mold, or purity—into a market that now has that same tested product in abundance? Especially since cannabis is an agricultural product that is best when fresh, and, when legal, is handled with greater care than a smuggled one could ever be? That’s akin to passing up freshly baked scones from your neighborhood bakery because you have a guy who can get you potentially moldy, eight-month-old Little Debbies that were flattened between two heavy pallets.
