Posted by yxibow on December 6, 2008, at 21:08:47
In reply to Re: Clear out the Mexican drug cartels $$$$$ » Sigismund, posted by fayeroe on December 5, 2008, at 5:34:56
> Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. Unfortunately, I am scared witless by that.
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> And things are being cut with everything under the kitchen sink nowadays....so the profits are getting bigger all of the time.
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> An offender told me about moving TRUCK loads of methamphetamine up and down I-35. (one of our major north/south highways.) He got caught right by the border. 14 years. I don't know if it was just the supplies or the end product.
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> Oh, I forgot! Our war on drugs will handle all of this. (under the table, most likely)
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> Gotta go to work! Pat
Meth may come from Mexico but most of it is being home "grown", literally. It is an enormous problem in the midwest for whatever reason.Its primarily the cocaine and marijuana trade that's coming from Mexico.
But personally I think the "war on drugs" is a battle that consumes an awful lot of money and, lives at times.
I'm not for hard (well people will have different opinions) street drugs at all, e.g. meth, cocaine, ketamine, extacy, DXM, GHB, etc., but I think if we withdrew from attempting to have a war on drugs on marijuana maybe there wouldn't be illegal plantations in our national forests and National Forest LEOs being endangered, and shootouts with "marijuana cartels".
I personally don't think that, not that I've ever tried it, but that it is particularly a harm for most people -- I do believe it has medical use -- in fact a lot more drugs were being used in the roaring 20s, the movies produced by the goverment towards the 30s about the "dangers" of marijuana seem laughable today (some clips can be seen in "Grass"), it was effectively made schedule I when the FDA act came in the 30s.
That said, I don't think 12 year olds should be toking on it, it should be taxed like cigarettes and made a behind the counter small quantity at say 18 or 21.
-- Jay
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