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MONTERREY, Mexico — President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning on Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 52 people.
He said Congress needs to take steps to curb an "insatiable" demand for drugs and crack down on the illegal trafficking of weapons across the border into Mexico. "We're neighbors, we're allies, we're friends, but you are also responsible," a somber and angry Calderon said
Well, he kinda does have a point. The CIA does smuggle drugs and the drug prohibition in the U.S. is partly responsible for the huge, lucrative profits the cartels make. What happened when alcohol was driven underground here? Crime spiked, and the price of alcohol ballooned and then came back down and crime went down after Prohibition was repealed. Marijuana needs to be legalized. All other drugs should be decriminalized.
That's rich:
The Mexican president telling us we are responsible for crime seeping into their country.
Gotta love it.
If you had ever talked to an American who had visited Mexico, you would know that it's one of the safest places in the world to visit. Except for the border areas near the US. Why do you think that is? Why do so many Americans keep taking their vacations there, if it such a terrible place as you think? What's really rich is people like you who are living in one of the most violent crime ridden societies in the world, looking down at other countries.
Yes, our drug use absolutely impacts their country. However, their country is heavily involved with narcotics because it was a corrupt nation with the right environment for these types of gangs to thrive.
The REAL irony here is that Mexican gangs like the Zetas have been spreading into OTHER central American nations which of course Calderon isn't going to mention.
The single largest marketplace for illegal drugs continues to be the United States.
Imagine a typical weekend in New York City. Experts estimate that at least one percent of the population - 80,000 plus - spends $200 on illicit drugs. That alone would amount to $16 million dollars a week or $832 million a year. And that's just New York.
All those drug sales mean that large amounts of cash accumulate in stash houses and collection points around the country. For the multi-billion dollar narcotics business - like any commodities business -- it is essential that the suppliers and transporters be paid. That means the money must make its way south, and the traffickers, aided by specialists in money laundering, have devised myriad methods to insure the efficient and safe delivery of their profits.
Estimates on how much money is sent south each year range from $10 to 30 billion.
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Legalize drugs then regulate, tax and educate people on it. This will keep the drug lords from earning their money. Either that or we bring back all our troops and make break Mexico up into a dozen or so states and add stars to our flag. The first idea is my preference.
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Why do so many Americans keep taking their vacations there, if it such a terrible place as you think? What's really rich is people like you who are living in one of the most violent crime ridden societies in the world, looking down at other countries.
