Oh, puleeze. Legalizing marijuana will do NOTHING to stop these criminals. They'll just continue on to the next profitable outlawed business that the idiots in the US will buy into. Marijuana is at the bottom of their food chain. Take off that link and their are plenty more to exploit.
That’s “there” not “their”.
I agree. Even if dope is made legal they will still smuggle it in "tax free" and switch to a higher profit margin product, coke, heroin, crystal-meth, etc.
Build the wall (or walls) and by all means PLEASE militarize the border because it IS a war, like it or not.
There are basically three roads. Continue on this one and pretend like the problem is manageable in it’s present form, the Singapore way where justice is the end of a rope, or the Netherlands way where the public parks are littered with junkies and used hypodermic needles. I’m just curious if Madam Clinton mentioned that her husband earned the moniker “the vacuum cleaner”.
Nonsense. It accounts for nearly 2/3 of their revenue. See post #22.
Take off that link and their are plenty more to exploit.
Again, nonsense. The cartels are ALREADY exploiting other avenues. Demand is already being met for cocaine, heroin and other illegal drugs. There simply isn't the upside to replace the $billions$ from the marijuana trade.
Actually, marijuana's at the top.
Eliminating revenue from imported marijuana would be a serious blow to the power of the Mexican cartels.
Goddard might consider legalized marijuana
Goddard said marijuana sales make up 75 percent of the money that Mexican cartels use for other operations, including smuggling other drugs and fighting the Mexican army and police.
DEA Mexico Chief Reyes Lists Reasons To End Marijuana Prohibition
Reyes went on to say that:
1. “Marijuana is the cartel's cash cow. Cheap to grow, and extremely profitable.”
2. “The tried and true method of making money has always been marijuana. It is what allows them to further their basis of operations into other drugs, for example cocaine, heroin and meth-amphetamine. They are all fueled by the proceeds generated through marijuana.”
3. “The US consumer is their #1 customer.”
Good try though.
“Legalizing marijuana will do NOTHING to stop these criminals.”
I have to disagree. According to the DEA, approximately 80% of their profits are from pot.
I don’t smoke the stuff but Prohibition II is failing. The catastrophic results are there for all to see. The cure is worse than the disease!
And it’s not like the people that want marijuana aren’t getting it. The WOD isn’t even making a serious dent in the flow of drugs.