So it might seem.
But paradoxically, outlawing this valuable crop actually relinquishes control of it to the criminals.
It provides a gigantic infusion of $cash$ into the criminal network.
i wonder if it is a paradox...i would not be surprized if the ones writing the laws somehow profit from the criminal network that breaks the laws

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as Elohim for Yahushua the Messiah's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32