i find your argument very persuasive...JGS said:It may have weakened, but it's willfully ignorant to say that "Prohibition ended Mafia's dominance." Wrong. The Mafia, like any business that wants to survive figured out a way to survive. Their doing it right now.
Of course, if you take away a revenue stream, it's going to affect things negatively. However, the Prohibition did not affect them that much because they moved onto other things. I was always under the impression they got stronger after WWII. That may be The Godfather talking though. I bet you anything they are still the largest criminal organization on the planet.
The government taking a "by any means necessary" stance with them is what lessened their influence. That happened several decades farther along than the Prohibition. The problem is they did it at the expense of letting other groups grow. Which is where we're at now. The only way that cartels are going to leave is if you legalize them which would guarentee the US would never sign onto drug legalization.
Otherwise, they are already bold enough to kill cops. They ain't going anywhere. It's not like they are going to say "Dang! They legalized drugs! Let's pack up amigos!!!"
They are going to continue to fight for their revenue. If they lose that battle, no big deal, they'll move onto something else worth killing for. Regardless, legal drugs will never be the panacea everyone thinks it is. Tobacco and liquor prove that point as wrong headed.
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