Legalizing Pot has increased criminal activity

Even though we know that significant use of pot leads to health issues California Democrats, led by now Governor Newsom, made sure that it's legal to use pot recreationally.

Surprise surprise all the criminals who had been involved in the growing, sales, and distribution of weed didn't just decide to give up.

In Newsom's words

“There are legitimate concerns in Northern California particularly as it relates to illegal cannabis grows. They are getting worse, not better,”

Given that 80% of the California pot market is illegal and that's $3.7 billion it's not surprising that crooks aren't simply closing up shop.

Part of the problem, amazingly admitted to by the California Democrats, is that taxes are so high, if you'll excuse the pun, on legal weed that illegal dealers can make a lot of money while still selling their product for significantly less than what legal weed costs.

Interestingly while Governor Newsom doesn't want to protect California from illegals, and why would he since Democrats have pretty much ensured that a significant fraction of illegals vote Democrat and the one's who don't provide free labor to harvest ballots to the Democrats, he does want to protect California tax revenues by using the California National Guard to take down illegal weed growers.

Once again Democrats demonstrate that the only two things they care about is power over the rest of us and money.