- 15 Jan 2017 03:05
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This is your opinion and worthy of discussion. It is not necessarily the truth. Clearly the US could reduce the market for illegal drugs by a combination of decriminalizing THE SALES of cocaine, heroin, etc. Nothing short of that will have much effect at all. That begs two questions. First. Is it in the US's interest to do that? Second. Does the question of Mexico's inability to control lawlessness within its own borders convince the US that it ought to sacrifice a considerable number of its citizens in order to help them?
I believe that we should not legalize the sales of cocaine heroin, etc. I further believe that, using my state's experience with pot as an example, opening retailers of hard drugs will not drive down the price of said drugs, will not make them more available to the average addict, or have any effect on Mexico at all. I believe that what would be required of the US to have any impact on Mexico is a price far to high to pay. There are other alternatives. Maybe military intervention through covert ops to destroy the cartels? Perhaps installing a Mexican government that is willing to actually go after the cartels might work. Or maybe simply cutting off traffic between the US and Mexico with only a few exceptions might help. Declaring a "no-man's land" along the border and engaging anyone who enters it might work wonders.
Draconian? Perhaps. But likely to work pretty well.
This is all just ways of spending money on more police while ignoring the root causes of the violence. In fact, many of these steps exacerbate the violence.
This is your opinion and worthy of discussion. It is not necessarily the truth. Clearly the US could reduce the market for illegal drugs by a combination of decriminalizing THE SALES of cocaine, heroin, etc. Nothing short of that will have much effect at all. That begs two questions. First. Is it in the US's interest to do that? Second. Does the question of Mexico's inability to control lawlessness within its own borders convince the US that it ought to sacrifice a considerable number of its citizens in order to help them?
I believe that we should not legalize the sales of cocaine heroin, etc. I further believe that, using my state's experience with pot as an example, opening retailers of hard drugs will not drive down the price of said drugs, will not make them more available to the average addict, or have any effect on Mexico at all. I believe that what would be required of the US to have any impact on Mexico is a price far to high to pay. There are other alternatives. Maybe military intervention through covert ops to destroy the cartels? Perhaps installing a Mexican government that is willing to actually go after the cartels might work. Or maybe simply cutting off traffic between the US and Mexico with only a few exceptions might help. Declaring a "no-man's land" along the border and engaging anyone who enters it might work wonders.
Draconian? Perhaps. But likely to work pretty well.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.
Voltaire