Defund the Mexican Drug Cartels, Legalize Marijuana

The New York Times has a long, front page article about the Mexican drug war “In Drug War, Mexico Fights Cartel and Itself” (here, 3/30/09). It is the US demand for drugs, and the money we pay for them, that supports the drug cartels. It’s time we legalize drugs (regulated and tax, yes) to diminish that flow of funds to the cartels before Mexico becomes a failed state. We could start by legalizing marijuana, which, according to the article, “is considered the top revenue generator for Mexican drug cartels.”

How else can Mexico get the cartels under control? Note:

The cartels bring in billions of dollars more than the Mexican government spends to defeat them, and they spend their wealth to bolster their ranks with an untold number of politicians, judges, prison guards and police officers — so many police officers, in fact, that entire forces in cities across Mexico have been disbanded and rebuilt from scratch.

Comments

[Dade]

Hey, Dave.

Good argument, good points. With the amount of money involved in the drug trade, there is no way that this ridiculous "War on Drugs" can ever be won.

Drug legalization, however, is not a political reality. At least, not in present day America.

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