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Yep, he tried to sell you something illegal. No one said that the outlaws are the best people out there. Maybe if you were an easier target, he would convince you to give him money anyway, without buying anything.

Total prohibition, prohibition of possession & prohibition of production vs decriminalization of possession & prohibition of production, means that the end product is expensive, difficult to obtain and dangerous to sell. In both cases the outlaws are normally the people selling it.

In case it was legal to produce it, poppy fields in Afghanistan would face serious competition from Portugal, and their profits should dwindle. I mean, American army weapons have be funded somehow.




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