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RussBLib

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20. Mexico has to find a way to crush these cartels

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:21 AM

Jan 2023

Last edited Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:52 AM - Edit history (1)

Some of the Mexican police, some of the military, are in the frikkin' cartels.

If they legalize some drugs, the cartels switch to other drugs. They legalize more drugs, the cartels switch to kidnapping.

Somehow, Mexico has to break this cycle. The US could help by making cannabis legal, but that only removes some of the smuggling. We do have quite an appetite for various drugs.

Such a mess.

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the President is going to Mexico next week.. mountain grammy Jan 2023 #1

all because american druggies support this crime by using illegal drugs nt msongs Jan 2023 #2

well, legalization would solve this problem, too. eggplant Jan 2023 #5

Would you legalize all drugs? former9thward Jan 2023 #10

I would choose to legalize and regulate what we currently consider "illegal" drugs. eggplant Jan 2023 #14

The private prisons are a big part of this strategy, unfortunately. yardwork Jan 2023 #17

One of the interesting tidbits about hard drugs... eggplant Jan 2023 #18

That's very interesting. I never thought about that. yardwork Jan 2023 #19

Or people from the U. S. could realize the harm they are doing to Mexico and other countries ripcord Jan 2023 #13

If only drug use was that simple. eggplant Jan 2023 #15

Weak (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #6

Weird that you blame his victims. Renew Deal Jan 2023 #7

the entire enterprise is made possible by americans (and others) using drugs. nt msongs Jan 2023 #9

What exactly is the problem with using drugs? eggplant Jan 2023 #21

ruined lives? piles of corpses? nt msongs Jan 2023 #22

You ignore the large number of people who use drugs yet lead long, productive lives. eggplant Jan 2023 #24

You're not wrong. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #23

Chicos orgullosos? keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #3

Until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that shit Kennah Jan 2023 #4

If you're going to quote from a movie at least give the writer credit Doc Sportello Jan 2023 #8

I wanted to see if people would figure it out Kennah Jan 2023 #11

Damn good movie BTW radicalleft Jan 2023 #12

like American Airlines just protecting the bottom line. republianmushroom Jan 2023 #16

Mexico has to find a way to crush these cartels RussBLib Jan 2023 #20

"But...Lopez Obrador's admin has delivered repeatedly on one key U.S. priority: Hortensis Jan 2023 #25