[robertpaulsen]

"Why not just legalise the two main drugs that are payrolling most of the drug cartels?"

A) The votes aren't there.
B) The reason the votes aren't there is that the public doesn't want them
C) The cartels would simply focus on the remaining illegal drugs.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

A) The votes aren't there.

Because elected officials are too chicken-s--t to bring the issue to the floor.

B) The reason the votes aren't there is that the public doesn't want them

How do you know if the public opposes it if the issue isn't brought up in the first place?

C) The cartels would simply focus on the remaining illegal drugs.

What dopehead is going to waste their money and risk their life buying illegal drugs when they can save and get the real stuff for far less cheaper at a pharmacy or drugstore?

[stuartcr]

Has it been put on a national ballot?

Even if the cartels did focus on different drugs, they would incur large costs...ie new sources, new distributors, new routes, new methods, new customers, etc. I don't believe the same customers would be using heroin, that currently use marijuana or cocaine, and I doubt the people that currently supply marijuana and cocaine, have the ability to supply heroin and amphetamines.

[KeepUSfree]

Hey Clueless, the cartels concentrate on pot and coke...cause that's what the people want - ie/. that's where the money is. There is not enough usage of the other drugs to make it anywhere near as lucrative.

Take away the pot and coke and the cartels revenue would drop 1000% overnite.