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"But the demand for drugs isn't being satisfied in such a large part by a country like Canada which shares and even longer border. It's a problem fairly unique to countries like Mexico which has a very corrupt government and politicians that are readily bought and owned by drug cartels. Mexico is being destroyed from within ---- it's crime rate is skyrocketing upward."

Well let's think about this for a minute. Why is it that drugs usually come from south of the border? Could it be because that's where all of the stuff like opium poppies, coca plants and marijuana so readily grow? Coca plants don't grow in Canada. Their climate isn't particularly suited for opium poppies either. And although they've learned to grow indoors and use early blooming varieties on their outdoor marijuana, Canada hasn't always been the best country for large scale marijuana growing because of it's climate. South of the border is where the coca plants thrive. That's where the poppy fields are productive and vast expanses of land along with nearly year round growing seasons make it so easy to grow marijuana "trees" that could be twenty or more feet tall bearing literally pounds of buds.

People south of the border produce and traffic in drugs because they can. Mexicans have always been highly involved because they have always been a marijuana producing nation and because they are right on our border. They are the gateway for all of the drugs from Central and South America. And they are also a poor and corrupt country. A rule of thumb that you can pretty much go by is that the poorer the country, the more corrupt its government and police will be. This is the kind of environment where "drug cartels" flourish.

But don't think this sort of thing doesn't go on in Canada, or in Europe or right here in the good ole' USA for that matter. Aside from being the country that consumes more illegal drugs than any other, we've always been a big producer as well of LSD, meth, and other drugs such as those that didn't require ingredients that weren't readily available here. We've even become a huge producer of marijuana and that trend is only likely to grow if homeland security measures actually work and it becomes harder to smuggle things across our borders. Who do you think taught the Canadians to grow that powerful Canadian bud we often hear about these days? American growers we're the innovators in indoor marijuana growing ever since people discovered that you could grow plants with fluorescent lights and high pressure sodium and metal halide high intensity discharge lamps that light parking garages, factories and streets. Americans even beat the Dutch to the punch.

Not only are we big producers and consumers of illegal drugs, but we've also been the major smuggling point for drugs going into Canada. Most of the drugs that found their way into Canada since the sixties have come across our borders. The tables may be turning somewhat because of increased traffic of Canadian marijuana over our borders. But apparently much of the Canadian pot that's coming down here is coming in exchange for cocaine smuggled from here up to there.

I'm not here to take up for Mexico. The main point I wanted to make is that as long as there is demand for drugs, people are going to get these drugs from somewhere. And just like any other products, people tend to look at quality and price before they look at nation of origin when purchasing commodities.