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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chimney
Am I the only one who doesn't do drugs/drink regularly? Like 1-2 times a year? :| |
I'd say it's a fair statement that about half the people on this board are functioning alcoholics. |
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| Dj Skez |
| Unfortunately, this is just another victim of the very powerful Mexican Cartel. She sacrificed her life so no harm can come to her daughter at the spur of the moment. The D.E.A has had more agents murdered than any other Federal Law Enforcement Branch in the United States trying to stop the ongoing war on drugs. There's been well documented cases which accused the C.I.A. of funding the Cartels in South America. Just more corruption in our government. |
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| Sleightful |
| Wonder what effect legalizing marijuana would have on this. Would the cartels get pushier as more legal grow ops begin sprouting throughout the US or would it serve to curb the violence in Mexico? Guess there'll always be a demand for the harder stuff anyway. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
If only this forum had more members with substance, not the one you guys make or buy but the one that makes you a better citizen, people like Lira wouldn't have to suffer convincing you of what is obvious. But the discussion at this level. |
Tell me about it. But you know what, I'm tired.
I don't mind the divide you can see in this thread between those who come from south of Rio Grande (you, me, rdevito) and everyone else. We live this problem, they don't, so it's only natural we're more attuned to it. But after a couple of off's, it's hard to even feel motivated to keep posting/arguing/debating. When I last raised this point, I could at least get sane replies like this one:
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
It would be simpler to just legalize drugs here. With the availability of far more cost-efficient distribution channels the black market wouldn't be able to compete and would be driven out of business in true capitalist fashion. |
Which is quite reasonable if you know what goes on around here (not surprising, given how Arbiter is well travelled). Now I'm being told that computer chips are just as bad as cocaine in the other thread.
Deprimente :( |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sleightful
Wonder what effect legalizing marijuana would have on this. Would the cartels get pushier as more legal grow ops begin sprouting throughout the US or would it serve to curb the violence in Mexico? Guess there'll always be a demand for the harder stuff anyway. |
I don't like citing the same source twice but here's an article by the Economist. If anything, legalising marijuana seems to have a good impact on Mexico. |
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| Sleightful |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I don't like citing the same source twice but here's an article by the Economist. If anything, legalising marijuana seems to have a good impact on Mexico. |
That's a good read. Only problem I see is the cartels getting desperate as their money runs thin. |
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| Adam420 |
| Lira have you played Max Payne 3? |
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| AnotherWay83 |
IIRC a while back some guys running for president in mexico hinted that they'd like to shift the drug policy towards reducing violence instead of stemming drug flow to the US. i also recall some ppl here getting nervous abt the idea. i think it would be a good idea, actually.
even if the violence gets pushed to the US, as regrettable as that would be, i think it might have a positive long term impact. once ppl start dying in violent drug-gang clashes here on american soil, i think (and hope!) public, and therefore political, sentiment would shift towards legalization. but then again, who knows how middle america would react :conf: |
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| Vivid Boy |
| Mexicans always have a choice. My fence is still unpainted |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
There is no solution to any of this. Telling a junkie to quit buying drugs, just isn't going to work.
China is a bit funny. While everything is very very illegal here, China is the leading manufacturer and exporter of all of the precursors necessary to process/make some of these.
I think it is just Mexicans that are loco. Canada has become a huge producer of weed and synthetic illegals...yet Prime Minister Harper has never been raped by a mariachi band.
God and clods, the have vs the have nots are the problem. With poverty so rampant in Mexico, the catalyst is there for violence even without drugs. If it wasn't drugs it would be something else that makes the impoverished do crazy things. |
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