“Throughout his political career, Gandara has taken a hard-line anti-drug stance. In September, he told the El Paso Times he thought drug legalization was a bad idea for the country.
“Legalizing drugs is the coward practice of combating cartels, it is an insult to our men and women in law enforcement, and the laziest form of parenting our children and youth about the effects of drugs,” he said.”
Exactly why we need to legalize marijuana.
Yes, I imagine drug dealers are very much opposed to drug legalization too.
Nearly everyone in America knows someone whose life was altered as a result of the illegal herb.
Pretty stupid but you have to know there be a whole lot of folks making a living due to it being illegal.
Drug rehab.
Parole officers.
Prison guards.
drug school.
Juidges, and a whole lot of pond scum otherwise known as lawyers.
Dealers and cartel associates.
Course you could levalize it, allow the public to maybe grow three plants for personal consumption and in one fell swoop pull the plug on narco cartels.
Exactly.
This guy had a damn good reason to keep it illegal.