• ILikeBoobies
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          8 months ago

          That legalization of drugs in Mexico isn’t going to get rid of cartels

          That is very obvious in my first comment where I say it won’t help

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            8 months ago

            Okay but you are aware that you just declared it wouldn’t help, despite evidence to the contrary right?

            https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/legal-marijuana-medical-use-crime-rate-plummets-us-study

            https://www.sandiego.edu/news/detail.php?_focus=84160

            It cuts into their profits given them less clout and less reason to kill each other. As such, it will help, as can be seen with the example of weed.

            Edit: in fact, the only reason drugs remain illegal at all is because some very wealth and powerful people make too much money from it remaining so. Well, that and so the CIA can fund illegal wars around the world.

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              8 months ago

              You are aware that your articles talk about American legalization and are irrelevant to the topic at hand because the Mexican president doesn’t not hold jurisdiction over the US

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                8 months ago

                Of course I’m aware.

                Wait, are you trying to tell me you think it wouldn’t translate into helping, if they did it on the other side of the boarder too? I have to check because that’s pretty wild.

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                  8 months ago

                  We are only talking about Mexico here

                  Mexico having a policy of legalizing all drugs isn’t going to stop the violence because the violence comes from people selling to the US. No cartel is worried they are going to get arrested in Mexico for having these substances

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                    8 months ago

                    Yes, yes we are talking about Mexico. Any hit to the cartels profits, be it in America or Mexico, is going to help battle the cartels, even if you don’t want to beleive it and even if you declare it not to be true.

                    You see, they actually sell drugs in Mexico too. Itll also bring down the price of drugs in the US, as the market will be flooded. Its really not hard. You just don’t like it and that’s not the same thing as it not helping.