Legalized marijuana might help cut down on drug dealing in the US, but cartels are now smuggling the high-quality weed into Mexico for illegal sale there, Steven Nelson of U.S. News reports.
Marijuana legalization advocates have argued that legalizing the drug in the U.S. would stop the illegal flow of weed from Mexico into the U.S., but now it seems that the reverse is happening with the cartels still present in the States.
We were warned about this back in 2012. Studies predicted that Mexican drug cartels would take a hit if marijuana was legalized for recreational use in states in the U.S., and rather than absorb the revenue loss, cartels are looking for other ways to make money from pot.
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