Re:How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
by guelo on Friday June 15, 2012 @04:29PM
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Yes, I am saying cocaine should be legalized. People that want the drug today are able to obtain it anyway. We could put all kinds of restrictions on its sale and use, as long as it is easier to obtain legally than underground it would prevent the formation of wealthy criminal gangs.
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Re:How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
by vibrunazo on Friday June 15, 2012 @05:26PM
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As shown in the report I linked before. Meth is a highly regulated hard drug that can be obtained legally. [1] Mexican drug cartels still traffic it, still makes tons of profit from it, thousands of people die because of it. Regulating Meth didn't stop the drug war.
What exactly makes you think any other drug would be different?
Re:How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
by doktrin on Friday June 15, 2012 @05:36PM
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When most people refer to the legalization of "drugs", they are typically implying decriminalized (or semi-decriminalized) recreational use and not tightly regulated medical use (Desoxyn).
This makes sense, since a highly regulated substance is de-facto illegal if it is unobtainable by the vast majority of its target market.
Re:How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
by WayneDB on Saturday June 16, 2012 @10:23AM
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Excuse me, but it's NOT legal. It's not legal to produce and it's not legal to sell or buy. Therefore, it's not being produced or sold by legitimate operations. THAT is why Mexican drug cartels still traffic it. Because it's still illegal.