WNU Editor: This Mexican plan was released last month .... Mexico Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs and Negotiate With the U.S. to Do the Same (Newsweek). What's my take? This plan will cripple the drug cartels, but there will be a heavy health cost. There was a reason why the U.S. banned drugs like cocaine, morphine, heroin, etc. over a century ago, and it was to address the massive health crisis that evolved from Civil War veterans who became addicted to opiates. Are we repeating history? I hope not. But making addictive drugs available to the public will have consequences, and it will certainly encourage Americans to travel to Mexico to get there fix.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Mexican President Lopez Obrador Wants To Legalize All Illegal Drugs
WNU Editor: This Mexican plan was released last month .... Mexico Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs and Negotiate With the U.S. to Do the Same (Newsweek). What's my take? This plan will cripple the drug cartels, but there will be a heavy health cost. There was a reason why the U.S. banned drugs like cocaine, morphine, heroin, etc. over a century ago, and it was to address the massive health crisis that evolved from Civil War veterans who became addicted to opiates. Are we repeating history? I hope not. But making addictive drugs available to the public will have consequences, and it will certainly encourage Americans to travel to Mexico to get there fix.
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3 comments:
i disagree with you.
nobody is forcing drugs down their throats, if a person takes drugs knowing consequences of it then they deserves to have their life ruined.
nature balances everything.
Well, you both have good points but drugs can effectively take down whole families as kin try to help their family members. My sister is a drunk and although I keep her at arms length, she has estranged herself from her kids and she bled my Dad cash to pay bills etc. If drugs became readily available, then the attics will only get worse.
Having said all that, making drugs legal does not mean free and can raise cash for governments; a very liberal thing to do. Not sure what would happen to the gangs but we do have history that would suggest good results. Once alcohol was deemed legal the criminal gangs in Chicago had no cash to maintain power and virtually went away.
Pros and cons for sure. What has been happening for a long time isn't stopping the problem so it seems that a change in direction is warranted. The only other solution for the new President, if the status quo is to be changed, is out and out war and unless the US goes along with legalization, which is highly unlikely, that is likely going to happen. The question may be how long until a war on the drug lords spills over into the US.
I was in Playa del Carmen 16 years ago. Everyday I went for a long walk, often up into the town. Every time I saw one, or, two military like vehicles with 8 or so young men in uniform, patrolling. I went into a drug store to get some aspirin. The druggist was not to be seen, out apparently and behind the counter was a young girl 8 or 10 who couldn't speak English. A lady, tourist, was trying to impress on the girl that she was in pain and needed something. The girl looked lost, shaking her head, and the woman kept on. It ended when the young turned around and opened a cupboard behind her, took out a bottle of something and gave it to the woman who handed her $20 and left.
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