It will still be bought and sold for use, only illegally, on the black market. Marijuana sold on the black market is dangerous. Jeffery Miron, director of economic studies at the Cato Institute, stated, “It generates violent, corrupt black markets that increase the use of needles and the spread of HIV and other diseases” (Miron). The use of unsanitary paraphernalia spreads diseases, which can kill people. Marijuana sold on the black market could be laced with dangerous substances or even be fake. Laced marijuana could be dangerous as well. If it is laced with something no one but the dealer would know. The marijuana could have another illegal drug in it, a more dangerous drug, such as heroin or cocaine. Fake marijuana could have other herbs in it. Like dried and shredded or ground up cooking herbs: cilantro, oregano, parsley, sage, basil, mint. It could even have dried grass mixed in with
It will still be bought and sold for use, only illegally, on the black market. Marijuana sold on the black market is dangerous. Jeffery Miron, director of economic studies at the Cato Institute, stated, “It generates violent, corrupt black markets that increase the use of needles and the spread of HIV and other diseases” (Miron). The use of unsanitary paraphernalia spreads diseases, which can kill people. Marijuana sold on the black market could be laced with dangerous substances or even be fake. Laced marijuana could be dangerous as well. If it is laced with something no one but the dealer would know. The marijuana could have another illegal drug in it, a more dangerous drug, such as heroin or cocaine. Fake marijuana could have other herbs in it. Like dried and shredded or ground up cooking herbs: cilantro, oregano, parsley, sage, basil, mint. It could even have dried grass mixed in with