US Legalization Cuts Drug Cartels' Profits

[Frodo]

No longer is it an assertion -it is now a fact:

Mexico study: US legalization cuts cartel profits

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press

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[Zioneer]

So basically what most reasonable people have known for a while (after all, given a choice between having a substance legally and a little more expensive, or illegally and at the risk of being a criminal, most would choose the legal option)?

[dead0man]

Are there actually people that doubt this?  It seems rather obvious to me.

[Simfan34]

Ah. Sacrificing American lives to save Mexican ones. Quite the Faustian bargain. Should we not just put a bullet to the heads of our youth and poor classes and accelerate the inevitable, obvious result of this?

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Ah. Sacrificing American lives to save Mexican ones. Quite the Faustian bargain. Should we not just put a bullet to the heads of our youth and poor classes and accelerate the inevitable, obvious result of this?

When Simfan discovers that many of his ivy-educated, wealthy co-workers at Merril Lynch toke up on a fairly basis, he will suddenly become supportive of the legalization of all marijuana products.

[Simfan34]

Ah. Sacrificing American lives to save Mexican ones. Quite the Faustian bargain. Should we not just put a bullet to the heads of our youth and poor classes and accelerate the inevitable, obvious result of this?

When Simfan discovers that many of his ivy-educated, wealthy co-workers at Merril Lynch friends toke up on a fairly basis, he will suddenly become supportive of even more opposed to the legalization of all marijuana products.

[fezzyfestoon]

Duh doi. Legalization has been a good idea for a long time.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Ah. Sacrificing American lives to save Mexican ones. Quite the Faustian bargain. Should we not just put a bullet to the heads of our youth and poor classes and accelerate the inevitable, obvious result of this?

American lives are lost because of marijuana legalization?

[Simfan34]

Ah. Sacrificing American lives to save Mexican ones. Quite the Faustian bargain. Should we not just put a bullet to the heads of our youth and poor classes and accelerate the inevitable, obvious result of this?

American lives are lost because of marijuana legalization?

They will.

[Jacobtm]

American lives are lost because of marijuana legalization?

They will.

There are already many American lives lost in the drug wars and gang wars each year.

That figure would be lowered be legalizing Marijuana.

And fewer Mexicans would die as well.

The question is, perpetuate violence on both sides of the border by not allowing the free market to legally function, or, allow people to sell marijuana just like anything else, without killing each other over it.

[Simfan34]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

[dead0man]

Ah. Sacrificing American lives to save Mexican ones. Quite the Faustian bargain. Should we not just put a bullet to the heads of our youth and poor classes and accelerate the inevitable, obvious result of this?

American lives are lost because of marijuana legalization?

They will.

How do you figure?

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Do you want to ban alcohol as well? Oh wait you drink hazardous substances and are  hypocritically deeming what is safe and unsafe and moral and immoral.

[memphis]

How is marijuana "hazardous?" Afraid the people will demand more Doritos?

[hawkeye59]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Give us an example of someone dying from marijuana use.

[dead0man]

I'm guessing a fellow or two has done a stupid thing while high that cost him his life, but nobody has ever overdosed on weed.  AND people do stupid sh**t that cost them their lives while stone sober, at probably ...ahem.... higher rates.

Face it all 4 of you that are against legalized weed, there are no good reasons weed should be illegal.

[Franzl]

I'm guessing a fellow or two has done a stupid thing while high that cost him his life, but nobody has ever overdosed on weed.  AND people do stupid sh**t that cost them their lives while stone sober, at probably ...ahem.... higher rates.

Face it all 4 of you that are against legalized weed, there are no good reasons weed should be illegal.

unless you're a prison guard, I guess.

[dead0man]

Or maybe a pharmaceutical company/investor/employee...but even still, these aren't "good" reasons, they are selfish reasons.

[DC Al Fine]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Give us an example of someone dying from marijuana use.

Driving while high. Yeah it overlaps with alcohol and it doesn't technically count as dying from the use, but oh well.

Anyways this is Economics 101. Increase the supply and the price goes down.

[LastVoter]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Joke Poster.

[Donerail]

Or maybe a pharmaceutical company/investor/employee...but even still, these aren't "good" reasons, they are selfish reasons.

Or a Mexican drug lord.

[Jacobtm]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, cigarettes, McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

[Simfan34]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, cigarettes, McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

Well that's not true at all.

[King]

Free market- and allow more Americans access to hazardous substances? I'm as much of a economic liberal as the next guy, but there's a point where the common good and moral imperatives kick in.

Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, cigarettes, McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

Well that's not true at all.

lol

[badgate]

Wow, that word document pasted onto a webpage totally changed my mind.