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andrewxdiamond ◴[] No.40213760[source]
Weed being illegal on a federal level has had some interesting effects. Because of these laws, all legal weed has to be grown, processed, and retailed within a single state. So much industry and local employment has been created by the legal barriers in place.

It’s probably still a net positive to release the federal restriction, but I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps

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1. tonymet ◴[] No.40219533[source]
it's another good reason to advocate for more state autonomy . prior to 80s savings & loan crisis and then financial collapse, small family run banks were thriving too
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2. tonymet ◴[] No.40229014[source]
typical hackernews mindset. weed consolidation is bad, but state authority that would protect the weed industry is also bad?