“...end the “War on Drugs(TM)”. There should be no money in such business.”
Legalizing drugs will not succeed in stopping the violence and definitely not stop the flow of money.
Our government will heavily regulate the newly legalized substances and the Mexican cartels, with their personnel and smuggling infrastructure already in place, will thumb their noses at the U.S. authorities and continue to do business on a black market.
U.S. stoners are the ones driving this situation. Without customers the Cartels would have no reason to send heroin, meth, and marijuana north. Hell, Mexican Cartels have marijuana farms set up in some National Forests, essentially making them no-go areas for the people who pay for those parks. The solution? Cut-off the demand. Make it so inconvenient, so painful for people who use, and a capital crime for those who deal, and watch most of the problem evaporate.
Legalizing drugs, the route Mexico took, is not the answer, as it leads to a more convoluted situation. The Mexicans have found that out the hard way.
U.S. stoners are the ones driving this situation. Without customers the Cartels would have no reason to send heroin, meth, and marijuana north.
Either drug money supports the drug cartels or it doesn't. Two opposite premises cannot describe reality.