Thought experiment: Five Year Plan of Legalized Narcotics. Most people involved in the drug world don’t think even that far ahead. Legalize the street drugs. Price drops. Drug cartels go out of business (as such) and then are either absorbed into some other criminal enterprises, or suffer the fate of the suddenly weakened in the jungle. License and tax distributors of narcotics, not too much, and tax the retailers and buyers. Devote the proceeds to some worthy cause like reward money for turning in former (and any remaining) drug lords, pushers, runners, etc.
And make the statute of limitations time on former drug crime rather lengthy.
This will lead to casualties, but there are casualties now. And it will lead to the disruption and collapse of some illegal drug empires.
Then after five years on the plan...we’ll see if we should extend it or end it.
The legalization of marijuana would make many farmers happy and give big tobacco some work.
That said , I see stories that the Europeans are clamping down on their ‘industry’?
At the same time.. Find a few competent Generals and unleash the Armed forces on the Narco Terrorists.
What's the difference between a Mullah Omar or a Pablo Escobar? (yes one is dead the other with some luck soon will be but that's not what I mean)
The activities of both result in the suffering, misery and murder of Americans..
So rise up and kill them first.
Inside the US let Law Enforcement keep up the pressure lawfully focusing soley on the distribution network.
Outside the US.. Hammer them, Kill them before they kill and destroy the lives of any more of our people.
We would do nothing less if a Country were to attack us with Chemical weapons..
So what's the difference?
The only thing preventing it is our FAUX Leadership Republi-Con and Demon-Crat alike.
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That’d make too much damned sense.