I post in Mexico. I am quite familiar with the whole scenario. I think the proverbial sticking one’s head in the sands, goes for MUCH of the countryside in Mexico. The Cartels RULE Michoacan, as well as Guerrero, and most of Oaxaca. Self Defense groups have arisen, and there is no bright horiaon of hope. Until the streets of San Francisco stop GIVING syringes to encourage people to DO drugs, the DEMAND will always bring in a Supply for a price. Probably it is time to give drugs away for FREE, and let every fool who wants to imbibde, take as much, and promptly kill oneself. HOW hard should sober people work and pay for people to live sober, if they insist they want to be hallucinated with drugs.
> Probably it is time to give drugs away for FREE, and let every fool who wants to imbibe... <
That actually would be a reasonable option. But I am, however, against it. Most everyone has moments of weakness. For some, it’s only a few times in a lifetime. For others, it’s almost daily. So I’d hate to make it easy for those folks to score during their weak moments.
My proposal (not that anyone asked):
1. Fenced-in work farms for addicts. Not prisons, but work farms. Decent conditions, drug addiction treatment, vegetable gardens.
2. A swift death penalty for traffickers (the Singapore approach).