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I have a better idea. End prohibition that put this guy in power in the first place, and has created havoc in Mexico and Latin America due to this country's appetite for drugs! Or have we not learned from our past failures regarding prohibition and the black market and increase in crime that comes with it? Will we? Nope! Why? Because our government profits from both sides of the drug war!
"His" drugs? He hasn't forced anyone in America to ingest a single drug.
He's committed a crime on U.S. soil. Nothing. Never even got a traffic ticket.
And when and if he's ever locked up again; even if it's in the United States, every drug that is destined for the streets is still gonna reach those streets. Nothing will change by locking him up here.
He's not our problem.
Reportedly, Guzman is a long time informant to the U.S. The way the story goes, Sinaloa, unlike other cartels, is far more focused on business than violence and he and the U.S. work together to take out his competition.
Reportedly, Sinaloa controls as much as 80% of the wholesale drug trade in the U.S. Chicago is the hub of the Sinaloa operation in the U.S. Location means that 70% of the U.S. population can be reached within a one day drive. Chicago is also a major train / airport hub in the U.S. The ethnic composistion of the city and its size means it's easy to blend in. And then there's the chicken or egg gang culture, 100,000 strong for retail sales.
As the U.S. has cracked down on domestic Meth Labs, most Meth is now imported from Mexico. Sinaloa produces a higher quality product and undercuts the competition.
It's believed that most drugs are entering the U.S. via house to house tunnels with more than 100 tunnels in Nogales. The owners of these homes typically claim they had no idea that their tenants had tapped into international sewer systems and built sophisticated tunnels and trains to transport massive quantities of drugs into the U.S. Obviously, the neighbors are in on it and don't notice construction crews or distribution vehicles.
There is an insatiable demand for drugs in the U.S.
So the word is coming down that Mexico is a little bit more serious about extraditing El Chapo this time after deciding not to do so last time.
Why in the hell should we take this guy in, prosecute and imprison him here on the American taxpayer dime? He's committed no crimes inside of our borders. He's Mexico's problem to deal with, not ours.
I saw this morning that they say he has had people killed in the USA.
I'm sure when this drug kingpin reads of the pain pill addiction of our seniors, and others, in this country, by Big Pharma, our legalized drug lords, he must shake his head in wonder, and kicks himself, with all his millions, for not hiring some scientists to come up with a dangerously addictive drug called Oxycotin! And then he would have been a hero!!
While seniors are at high risk for becoming addicted to Opioids, synthetic heroin, they are not embracing heroin as a better bang for the buck. That's the domain of teens, young adults- middle age who use prescription Opioid medications for recreational purposes.
Oxy was developed for end of life Cancer pain and was approved by the FDA in 1996. It's obvious the public has found other uses for it.
It might be a statutory crime, but in reality, no it isn't.
Moreover, Guzman didn't tell a single person to try meth. He's doing nothing more than filling a demand that would be there if he was never born.
In REALITY where I live, and where he got actually charged with a crime....it is in fact a crime.
I get it, you want Meth to be legal (not out of some evil urge, but rather that people should have the freedoms to do what they want-which is perfectly reasonable). Reality is, it is not legal. He has flaunted our laws, and most likely he HAS had people killed. He isn't playing patty cake here.
So the word is coming down that Mexico is a little bit more serious about extraditing El Chapo this time after deciding not to do so last time.
Why in the hell should we take this guy in, prosecute and imprison him here on the American taxpayer dime? He's committed no crimes inside of our borders. He's Mexico's problem to deal with, not ours.
Because he's wanted in the US too.
and Mexico apparently can't keep the drug kingpins in jail once they finally catch them.
In REALITY where I live, and where he got actually charged with a crime....it is in fact a crime.
I get it, you want Meth to be legal (not out of some evil urge, but rather that people should have the freedoms to do what they want-which is perfectly reasonable). Reality is, it is not legal. He has flaunted our laws, and most likely he HAS had people killed. He isn't playing patty cake here.
Our laws? He's a Mexican national that has never set foot in the United States. Our laws are none of his concern.
He should be extradited to the US and after a prompt miltary trial face a firing squad for directing many murders. Problem solved and not much tax-payer money spent. Swift and strong justice would be a deterrent too.
I agree with this. Kill him, kill his successor, kill the person that replaces that person and so on. Eventually a smart person will come along and realize that it doesent pay to be a drug cartel kingpin.
We have more bombs and bullets than there are people in all of Mexico. We need to go back to the days of Gunboat Diplomacy and the Big Stick policy ... especially when it comes to Latin America. The only thing they understand is force.
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Will we? Nope! Why? Because our government profits from both sides of the drug war!
