How DEA Agents Took Down Mexico's Most Vicious Drug Cartel

Re:How DEA Agents Took Down Mexico's Most Vicious Drug Cartel by armitron on Sunday December 27, 2015 @01:02PM (#10798181)

Impossible to make this kind of money with old-fashioned protection rackets (or gambling or prostitution) these days.

The effort for someone used to drug profits is clearly not worth the reward. Will there be a few who turn to that? Sure. But I claim that the effects on society will be miniscule if felt at all.

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Re:How DEA Agents Took Down Mexico's Most Vicious Drug Cartel by Natsu on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @03:30AM (#10811301)

I would like to share your optimism, but I don't believe that sufficient evidence exists yet to back it. After all, it's not always true that changing black markets into white markets is a net good for society. There are still black markets for slaves, after all, and more slaves today than in the past, even if the proportions have gone down.

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