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The illegal grows are usually on public land. They just go out into the forest, clear an area, find a water supply, and set up. Would they buy their own land and incur that expense if there were no regulations? I doubt the ones who are basically squatting would. Some do, though. I saw a video about this, recently, and a certain ethnic group (can't recall who) bought houses and set up indoor grows. Anyway, that's all just weed and while the outdoor illegal operations are an environmental and violent criminal problem, it's just plants. Fentanyl, meth and other man made drugs are an entirely different problem.
The addict coddling is/was an effort to make it safer (clean needles, "clean" drugs, designated user areas) and did not work. Addiction and crime just got worse. If they had just legalized or decriminalized the same drugs, with "safety" programs, that, too, would have been worse. It looks like the only place that has successfully done anything like this is Portugal but while they offer the "safety", they demand treatment and make it available. That is a huge taxpayer investment. There is no such infrastructure here. So, you either make it illegal and we get back to 1950s America or you put massive money into serious treatment programs for addicts and the mentally ill because legalization begets addicts and mental illness. Why do you think Soros has funded legalization efforts?
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