Illegal, Not Illegal, And Legal.

(Friend reminds me this is beneath my purview. This post is not about weed, but about markets and the scope of permissible behavior under law.) A Post on ‘weed’ reminded me to make an important point: We do not choose between ILLEGAL, and LEGAL … … but between: ILLEGAL, NOT-ILLEGAL, and LEGAL: SEQUENCE: 0 – Bearable but not Usable ( Grandfathered ) 1 – Usable but not producible ( Personal ) 2 – Producible but not exchangeable, (Private) 3 – Exchangeable but not commercial, (Hobby Market) 4 – Commercial but not industrial, (Craft Market) 5 – Industrial but regulated, (Commercial Market) 6 – Industrial but unregulated (Almost Never). IMO ‘weed’ should have been made not-illegal in Private and Commons but not in Markets. In other words, producible, exchangeable, but not marketable. Commercialization was a mistake. And it was (measurably) unnecessary.