[Mpls] Hood Pot Market to relocate DT; RT hopes gang violence abates; Hardcore Commute?

[wmmarks]

Laura and lloyd wrote:

> Illegal or legal will have little effect on the under 18 market in a 
> future legal scenario. For now, the buyer age spectrum is under 18 to 
> no ceiling.

The same holds true for alcohol. Under 18ers have been getting their 
hands on alcohol, cigarettes, pot, etc. since the Pharaoh was in 
nappies. (One kid I knew read that nutmeg, if eaten in enough quantity, 
works like LSD. He thought he should try that out. We took him to the 
hospital after he downed a one oz. can of powdered nutmeg.)

> There are just too many in the public who are buyers and thus there is 
> a ready supply of dealers and sellers that the larger scale 
> distributors can rely on. Bullets in the head are part of the risk 
> category.

This was the strongest argument for ending prohibition back in the day. 
Al Capone, et.al. created such an unholy ruckus for as long as people 
could stand it. We are in that same position today and for the same 
reason. Dire predictions were made for civilization if we ended 
prohibition--all of which came true. However, the predictions were not 
real predictions, but extrapolations from the status quo. All the 
direness was true before prohibition too.

> The mayor was exhorting a reduction in public buying to decrease 
> demand. Otherwise law abiding citizens and others should pay attention 
> to this.

Which leads me to say that the mayor does not have a good grasp of the 
issue.

> WizardMarks, Central
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