Customs agent let drugs slip through

The Houston Chronicle ^ | 3/25/2006 | JAMES PINKERTON

[winston2]

Without the U.S. war a.k.a. (price support at tax payer expense) against cannabis - what would be the market price per ounce? - And would it be profitable to ship from central Mexico + pay bribes to border agents?(winston2)

I remember back in the old days it was $20 per oz.

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Well - what I was alluding - is that without the U.S. anti-cannabis enforcement - and marijuana raised at an industrial scale - the retail price per ounce could easily be as low as $5 to $10 dollars.
Currently, the retail price for average Mexican cannabis is about $100. Thanks to the U.S. war against cannabis users, the smugglers are making a tidy profit. Also, the more successful the fed.s are in thwarting the cannabis smuggling, the more likely those people who now bring marijuana to the U.S. will be to consider meth or cocaine as less risk and greater profit.

About the border agents letting contraband over the border - I would be upset if the agents were letting in dangerous people and or weapons that might be intended to harm U.S. citizens.

[Supernatural]

I agree.

This says it all.

Smugglers could make so much money on cocaine that it had to be worth their while to continue to smuggle weed.

That's why the price of weed is so high. They can make much more money smuggling heroin or cocaine. Much more compact and worth much more money.

[mugs99]

Anyone who thinks all these drugs are being smuggled without some inside help doesn't appreciate the vast volume coming across. It isn't all luck

No luck involved. It's organized crime, the same as alcohol prohibition. Those that get caught are the ones who didn't pay their bribe money.
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[Terabitten]

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