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I'm surprised tobacco lobby hasn't worked some deal out to better control it in those states, if I'm honest.
I'll concede the point.
The prices are good enough that legal weed ends up on the black market (from a legal state to an illegal state).
Legalizing weed would end spending billions to prosecute people for the general equivalent of beer. There's prosecutors, defenders, judges, court time, jail/prison time, probation and countless other costs to prosecuting people unnecessarily.
Legalizing weed would take profits from gangs. I saw a documentary the other day about the Mexican border and the amount of weed that comes through there. It's staggering, and it's mad profit for cartels, gangs and other criminal organizations and criminals. I'd guess the real money is in coke trafficking, but taking weed profits from criminals would still be a significant blow to criminal organizations.
Legalizing weed has produced a tremendous amount of additional tax revenue in states with recreational legalization.
That's 3 major impacts, 2 economic and 1 regarding crime. It's a shame it's taking so long.