http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/19/phoenix.drug.kidnappings/index.html
The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the Violence in Mexico caused by the drug cartels and how it is spilling over to this side of the border. The only opinion being offered that digresses from the obviously ineffective agenda of the "War on Drugs" is to legalize drugs. Now I am not one to give up or give in when I think a different strategy will work. Obviously trying our best to emulate the 2000 Baltimore Raves (trying to guard the border) is not working. My thinking is take the cartels out. Yes Mexico is a "sovereign" nation, but in reality Northern Mexico is the 4th country in mainland North America. The Mexican government doesn't run shit there. The Cartels control everything and everyone. We invaded Iraq on the false pretense of WMDs and the Bush Doctrine which stated we have the right to preempt an attack on the United States. I don't think anyone would dispute that the cartels are a major threat to the United States and Mexico. From that standpoint I would use the military to take out the cartels and shut down the border. I don't care who has a problem with it. If the trillion dollar military of the United States can't take out 5 cartels worth about $10 billion that is a problem. These are not jihadist hell bent on destroying America, that would actually be counterproductive to their profits.
The popular opinion is to legalize drugs. Now I didn't take this seriously until I saw the figure of $8 billion, that's the revenue the Mexican cartels generated from marijuana alone. That's a lot of money for a medicinal drug, and after weighing the revenue versus the cost of prohibiting it and violence generated by the trade I am open to marijuana being legalized and regulated. How I don't know, that's a think tank question, I'm finance I run numbers. But that's where I draw the line, meth, cocaine and heroine can't be legalized.
Bill Maher definitely on board for making wee legal as are many.
Can Barack Obama legalize marijuana and get reelected?
Is $8B really that much money to the US government?
What are the cartels going to do if there is no black market for weed?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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the problem with legalizing these is that blacks, browns, and yellows will harvest the crop and hoard the money since they will be able to generate the best product...
ReplyDeletewhat is the only difference between alchohol, cigarettes (tobacco), coffee and weed....the difference is who stands the chance to make the best product...tobacco is huge in teh US, beer, wine, etc are hug for the US, australia, new zealand, and europe...thus white folks....the historical precednt of what a drug is still regulating what is legal today.
we have the infrastructure to take it over but now i think ppl are just being stuck in their ways...i think weed should at least be on table for legal discussion considering the harm posed by it vs drinking and cigarettes...i am not in favor of legalizing the other harder drugs. i think legalization should be based upon life threatening-ness...coffee cool; cocaine not cool
NO I DO NOT THINK OBAMA NEEDS TO ENTERTAIN THIS As THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT...HE HAS ALREADY OPENED THE IDEA OF TRAVELING TO CUBA AND WILL CLOSE GITMO...THIS IS ENOUGH. i know he (likes to be) is a person of principle but this time let perception rule this decision...
this would be the only thing in history books about his legacy similar to the president during prohibition...
I agree with the general principle of legalizing marijuana. Certainly the revenue vs. law enforcement spending argument is valid. As is the relative addictiveness and harm to others argument vs. nicotin, alcohol, etc. All are valid arguments. However, Barack CANNOT do this. Trey is 100% right on that. Right or wrong, the first black president can't be the dude that made weed legal. That can't happen. He can't even mention it. If it comes up, he has to be adamantly against it. There is no two ways about. His presidency is too important to even be associated with this issue. Frankly, can we delete this topic from the blog??? I don't want it to come up when some jackass googles Barack+marijuana+legalization.
ReplyDeleteI will disagree on Trey's point on black and brown folks. Medicinal marijuana is legal in Cali and the cannibus club scientists are producing crazy strains of the plant. Put a little financial backing behind this and the scientists will produce the best product hands down. Much like the mad scientists in the meth labs produce the best of the best.
Barack+marijuana+legalization = 98,500 hits on Google. we can talk about it...
ReplyDeleteyes, it should be legal
no, barack should & cannot be the guy to do it. Trey's right, history will look poorly on it.