Make manufacturing, sales, and exportation of drugs legal. Murder and extortion would decrease rapidly. Tax evasion would be the same as there is with any other industry. Include taxes on the drug industry to pay for public and private addiction treatment programs.
I agree Mexico should legalize, so our problem is no longer their problem. But we should keep heroin, meth and crack illegal here and secure our borders. Securing our borders is the key. If they can't get their drugs into the US the Mexican drug problem is over. All our drugs will then be Made in the USA.
Legalizing drugs is like giving amnesty to all the murdering thugs that caused all the problems.
I agree with this. I think that if drugs were legalized, companies would jump on it and they would create franchise businesses dressed up like McDonalds or Applebees to cater to recreational drug consumers and people would rather go there than to some kind sitting on the curb of the street, just like most Americans prefer to go to franchise restaurants rather than eat meat on a stick that's been sitting out all day from some vendor who got the meat from who-knows-where.
You post an opinion to support your opinion? Brilliant!!!
That is about as silly as a person who lives next to a lake expecting mosquitos not to breed because they mopped up a mud puddle in the driveway, it also - as has already pointed out - was NOT why pot was decriminalized in Mexico, nor was there ANY expectation of it doing a thing to curb violence.
Legalizing drugs is like giving amnesty to all the murdering thugs that caused all the problems.
Well, I think dispensaries may be government run like ABC stores. I guess it depends on the state. I would love it if a coffeehouse culture developed.
Just because someone would no longer be found guilty of drug trafficking doesn't mean they would no longer be found guilty of murder while drug trafficking.
Well it is in rebuttal to your opinion, and then adding a bit of common sense and encouragement to actually use a bit of logic to evaluate your nonsense position.
Here another tool to help you examine your opinion from the same thread, this time analogy, and I will quote myself:
Yeah, but that would mean government control of a now legal industry, and we all know how conservatives feel about that.
Its the scum here in the USA, the drug users ,who have created this problem, the Mexicans and others has only answered the call.I agree Mexico should legalize, so our problem is no longer their problem. But we should keep heroin, meth and crack illegal here and secure our borders. Securing our borders is the key.In a fantasy world only, the cost to seal our borders would be in the trillions of dollars, or more..It would make China's Great Wall undertaking seem as a walk in the park. If they can't get their drugs into the US the Mexican drug problem is over. All our drugs will then be Made in the USA....Nothing to be proud of.
Legalizing drugs is like giving amnesty to all the murdering thugs that caused all the problems.
You think the Zetas and other scum in Mexico are just going to say "hey drugs are legal in the US, I guess we can't shoot our competition in Mexico and keep all the profits for our selves anymore"? Does Marijuana and other drugs stop becoming profitable just because there legal?
how much is an 1/8 in California and other states with legalized medical Marijuana, I know back in the 90s when I used to smoke an 1/8 was 20 dollars,a dime was 10 dollars, a half oz was 50-60 dollars and an oz was 100-120 dollars and I think a quarter pound was around 250 dollars( I say "I think" because that is what my friends say they purchased that much for, I never purchased anything that big)?
I think the motivation was so that the police do not have to waste their time of petty drug users. I think only a few "lets legalize drug idiots" assumed it was to reduce violence.
So, the cartels are going to start playing nice, just because drugs are legal in the United States? Somehow, I seriously doubt that.
I think that instead of the United States legalizing drugs, Mexico should look into a serious death penalty for cartel members. It's not our fault that they can't fight crime that is committed in their own country.
So, not only do you want to legalize drugs, you want the drug industry to be nationalized? OMG!
I wasn't forming an opinion. I was stating a fact and the fact is that Mexico decriminalized drugs in an attempt to curb cartel violence.
Its the scum here in the USA, the drug users ,who have created this problem, the Mexicans and others has only answered the call.
Solution: .....better people, in all areas, including a great many "law-makers".
We should legalize drugs, especially Marijuana, for Their and OUR benefit.I'm watching "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is calling for the U.S. to start legalizing drugs to stop the drug violence in Mexico. He says that the U.S. is the highest consumer in the world of illegal drugs, so U.S. demand dictates the prices for Mexican drug suppliers. So if the U.S. started legalizing drugs, Mexican drug violence would decrease and help bring back order.
So my question is this: if U.S. consumption of illegal drugs is causing problems in Mexico, does the United States have the responsibility to legalize or decriminalize drugs so that Mexico loses it's black market as a drug supplier which will reduce drug violence in Mexico?
We should legalize drugs, especially Marijuana, for Their and OUR benefit.
Drugs do not cause Violence, Illegal/Expensive Drugs, "The Trade", causes violence.
Not to mention exporting $10 Billion to foreign countries every year for an easily grown at home crop.
and saving Tens of Billions more on enforcement; Police, Courts, Jails, etc.
Nice to be able to lower state and Federal taxes.
I don't want to pay $35,000 a year (and more taxes for the whole DEA/state systems) to keep someone caught with Two ounces of pot in Jail.
Thanks.
It Can, more so than most/the vast majority of drugs and could be handled differently.Meth on it's own does cause violence.
Meth on it's own does cause violence.
But that doesn't answer the question: Do you believe the U.S. should legalize or decriminalize drugs to reduce drug violence in Mexico?
You exagerate. Many would go straight, many wouldn't. The reality is that the massive drug profits generated by prohibition creates an "attractive nuisance" that draws many people who aren't inherently larcenous or violent.
Using that broad brush, alcohol on its own can cause violence.. we don't go around jailing people for drinking just because there is a potential for violence, instead we wait until there is actual violence. Why should we act differently for meth and jail people because of potential crimes.
Hell If we are going to apply that reasoning, and go down that path, then maybe we should arrest people for being poor because not having money can cause people to steal.
It won't change anything, the drug cartels in Mexico won't go away because we legalize drugs, they'll just move on to other lucrative crimes. Anyone who thinks the drug kingpins are going to go "Oh gee, drugs are legal now, I guess we'll have to get legitimate jobs!" is out of their minds.
Me: Many would go straight, many wouldn't. The reality is that the massive drug profits generated by prohibition creates an "attractive nuisance" that draws many people who aren't inherently larcenous or violent.
This is complete speculation on your part, erroneous speculation......
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