Monday, March 29, 2010

In The Drug War, Drugs Are Winning

In The Drug War, Drugs Are Winning -- Reason.com

The case for legalizing marijuana.

When someone next door is coping with trouble, the neighborly thing to do is help. Mexico has a growing problem with extreme violence. And many people in California have a good idea of how to help.

Mexico has been wracked by murders connected to the drug trade. Last year, it suffered more than 6,500 drug-related killings, triple the number in 2007. And 2010 looks worse.

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My Comment: More people are dying from Mexico's drug cartel wars than those in Afghanistan and Iraq combined .... and it is a number that is getting worse. From that perspective, i would have to say that the drugs are winning.

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