Posted by fayeroe on December 7, 2008, at 10:44:39
In reply to Re: Clear out the Mexican drug cartels $$$$$ » fayeroe, posted by yxibow on December 6, 2008, at 21:08:47
> > 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
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> 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.I checked my notes and he was delivering south and bringing supplies north. I refused to become a "first responder" in southeastern Oklahoma due to the numbers of meth labs in the mountains. Not only did I not want to be around those chemicals (burning) but I didn't want to be riddled with holes from some crazy person's shotgun. Those guys mean business there.
The law that took "sudafed" off the store shelves was passed first in Oklahoma. A young state trooper checked a stopped pickup and was killed by a manufacturer.
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> Its primarily the cocaine and marijuana trade that's coming from Mexico.In Mexico one time and could hardly breathe, while walking on a street, due to the heavy smoke from pot. EVERYONE was smoking.
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> But personally I think the "war on drugs" is a battle that consumes an awful lot of money and, lives at times.The war on drugs is embarrassing.
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> 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've lived in two areas where pot grows like mad..New Mexico and southeastern Oklahoma. More money is spent on diesel (gas?) for helicopters that are surveilling than I can believe! It could be spent for education and help those kids learn "what and what not to grow"> :-) Seriously.
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> 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.I believe that pot should be legalized. 63% of the female population that is incarcerated is because of drug charges. 41% of those charges is pot......Is that making sense, Washington?
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> 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.Agreed. Pat
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> -- Jay
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