Mexico legalizes small drug possession

[Ntq€310 1]

unforntantly such a thing would not help mexico, because the Cartels will not just stand by while there drug markets are being taken over.

[Ntq€310 1]

unforntantly such a thing would not help mexico, because the Cartels will not just stand by while there drug markets are being taken over.

[Ntq€310 1]

unforntantly such a thing would not help mexico, because the Cartels will not just stand by while there drug markets are being taken over.

[Ntq€310 1]

unforntantly such a thing would not help mexico, because the Cartels will not just stand by while there drug markets are being taken over.

[Ntq€310 1]

unforntantly such a thing would not help mexico, because the Cartels will not just stand by while there drug markets are being taken over.

[your_adress_here 11]

Yes, but think about it. Suddenly the cartels wouldn't be fighting each other to curb the competition. Imagine if the US government were to legalize marijuana, cocaine and heroin (three of the biggest cash crops that are actually very safe drugs when used safely), where people could go to a store and buy a set amount. How are the cartels going to react? The drugs are produced on US, all the revenue goes back to the government, not in the hands of the cartels. Their whole income is based on selling drugs. They wouldn't be able to finance attacking the US. And even if they did, they'd literally be fighting the US army, right on its doorstep.

Studies haven't been recommending full legalization for the past 30 years for nothing.

[your_adress_here 11]

Yes, but think about it. Suddenly the cartels wouldn't be fighting each other to curb the competition. Imagine if the US government were to legalize marijuana, cocaine and heroin (three of the biggest cash crops that are actually very safe drugs when used safely), where people could go to a store and buy a set amount. How are the cartels going to react? The drugs are produced on US, all the revenue goes back to the government, not in the hands of the cartels. Their whole income is based on selling drugs. They wouldn't be able to finance attacking the US. And even if they did, they'd literally be fighting the US army, right on its doorstep.

Studies haven't been recommending full legalization for the past 30 years for nothing.

[your_adress_here 11]

Yes, but think about it. Suddenly the cartels wouldn't be fighting each other to curb the competition. Imagine if the US government were to legalize marijuana, cocaine and heroin (three of the biggest cash crops that are actually very safe drugs when used safely), where people could go to a store and buy a set amount. How are the cartels going to react? The drugs are produced on US, all the revenue goes back to the government, not in the hands of the cartels. Their whole income is based on selling drugs. They wouldn't be able to finance attacking the US. And even if they did, they'd literally be fighting the US army, right on its doorstep.

Studies haven't been recommending full legalization for the past 30 years for nothing.

[your_adress_here 11]

Yes, but think about it. Suddenly the cartels wouldn't be fighting each other to curb the competition. Imagine if the US government were to legalize marijuana, cocaine and heroin (three of the biggest cash crops that are actually very safe drugs when used safely), where people could go to a store and buy a set amount. How are the cartels going to react? The drugs are produced on US, all the revenue goes back to the government, not in the hands of the cartels. Their whole income is based on selling drugs. They wouldn't be able to finance attacking the US. And even if they did, they'd literally be fighting the US army, right on its doorstep.

Studies haven't been recommending full legalization for the past 30 years for nothing.

[your_adress_here 11]

Yes, but think about it. Suddenly the cartels wouldn't be fighting each other to curb the competition. Imagine if the US government were to legalize marijuana, cocaine and heroin (three of the biggest cash crops that are actually very safe drugs when used safely), where people could go to a store and buy a set amount. How are the cartels going to react? The drugs are produced on US, all the revenue goes back to the government, not in the hands of the cartels. Their whole income is based on selling drugs. They wouldn't be able to finance attacking the US. And even if they did, they'd literally be fighting the US army, right on its doorstep.

Studies haven't been recommending full legalization for the past 30 years for nothing.

[Ntq€310 1]

Well true, for us it may work, and if we do it we could help Mexico. But that will not happen for quite awhile, and if Mexico tries to legalize it before the U.S does, it won't help them.

[Ntq€310 1]

Well true, for us it may work, and if we do it we could help Mexico. But that will not happen for quite awhile, and if Mexico tries to legalize it before the U.S does, it won't help them.

[Ntq€310 1]

Well true, for us it may work, and if we do it we could help Mexico. But that will not happen for quite awhile, and if Mexico tries to legalize it before the U.S does, it won't help them.

[Ntq€310 1]

Well true, for us it may work, and if we do it we could help Mexico. But that will not happen for quite awhile, and if Mexico tries to legalize it before the U.S does, it won't help them.

[Ntq€310 1]

Well true, for us it may work, and if we do it we could help Mexico. But that will not happen for quite awhile, and if Mexico tries to legalize it before the U.S does, it won't help them.

[your_adress_here 11]

Originally posted by: Ntq$310

Well true, for us it may work, and if we do it we could help Mexico. But that will not happen for quite awhile, and if Mexico tries to legalize it before the U.S does, it won't help them.quote>

That's what happens when you've got bone-heads running your country. Obama doesn't even want to talk about the issue of legalization, even after it was the single most requested issue in his online poll thing. How are we supposed to progress if we can't communicate? Same thing with Canada. Recent studies have shown that a majority of Canadians would like to see cannabis legalized. What does Harper do? He passes a bill that will send you to jail for 4 years if you are caught with a single cannabis cigarette. Four years! This doesn't fight crime. This sends young people to jail, destroying futures. It's funny how you can't go to a good school, can't take out a loan, can't even leave the country, with only a single drug conviction. The same is not to be said of murder and rape, however. It makes me sick sometimes.

[hym 358]

Originally posted by: your_adress_here

Yes, but think about it. Suddenly the cartels wouldn't be fighting each other to curb the competition.quote>

They would still be fighting each other.

Imagine if the US government were to legalize marijuana, cocaine and heroin (three of the biggest cash crops that are actually very safe drugs when used safely), where people could go to a store and buy a set amount. How are the cartels going to react?quote>

They would find other (possibly more dangerous) drugs to transport. LSD, PCP, meth, and ecstasy come to mind immediately.

The drugs are produced on US, all the revenue goes back to the government, not in the hands of the cartels. Their whole income is based on selling drugs. They wouldn't be able to finance attacking the US.quote>

First, drug cartels have never had the cash flow to afford to attack the US, nor have they possessed the materials or manpower.  Furthermore, that has never been the goal of the drug cartels, so it's meaningless to use that as a benefit of drug legalization.

Second, drug cartels aren't really in it for the drugs; they are in it for money that can be made selling drugs.  If you dry up one form of revenue, they will find another.

And even if they did, they'd literally be fighting the US army, right on its doorstep.quote>

No, they would not.  The US military doesn't conduct operations on US soil, save rare circumstance when where is no other government agency with the resources to do the needed work.  Rather, the cartels would be fighting federal law enforcement agencies who may have the physical resources to fight the drug cartels, but lack the manpower.

It's funny how you can't go to a good school, can't take out a loan, can't even leave the country, with only a single drug conviction. The same is not to be said of murder and rape, however.quote>

That may be the case in Canada, but it is not the case across the US.

[GoaSkin 2]

For spain, a legalization with legal production would be the best thing they can do in the point of Spain.

Marocco is beside of Spain and produces huge amounts of Marijuana, sold on the black market in all over europe but smuggled to Spain at first. There is a very secure border production and most people are catched when smuggling but even if less than 1% of all the smugglers have success, it is enough for them. The drug cartels have hundreds of the drug amounts europe ever needs and many people to throw into the fire. They are willed to smuggle even if they are catched because the cartels promise more money than they can ever earn in two years. And if they're arrested, the small money they can earn in the european prisons for work is enough for their families to live meanwhile.

Only a takeover of the market can stop this.

If consumers have access to drugs, this may not always be a problem. It is the task of schools and other educational and social institutions to prevent drug abuse - and of course always to explain the people who would not stop taking drugs how to use them safer and avoid addictions and other problems. Criminalization and possible punishments are a very weak argument to stop taking drugs.

[GoaSkin 2]

edit does not work... border production -> border protection

[warrior 169]

Where do they get the drugs from then? The person selling will have more than the legal amount. So having the drugs is legal, but selling them is illegal, which makes buying the drugs legally impossible. So how do they get the drugs in the first place?

Jonathan

[Easy Bakes 253]

Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico

1,400 people killed in Ciudad Juarez this year. That is an incredible number for any town.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico