[whipitgood]

If the border were closed, the drug trade would drop to a trickle. Mexico could close it, as could the US. The problem is money going to the politicians on both sides for keeping the borders open. No will equals no way. We agree.

[TKDietz]

What do you mean by closing the border? Are you talking about closing off even all the trade and travel done through border checkpoints? That's probably where most of the drugs are coming through right now. Drugs come in in shipping crates. They come in hidden in private vehicles and tons at a time hidden in trailers pulled by 18 wheelers. Even if we build a fence it won't close the border for drugs. It might slow the illegal aliens coming over to work, but it wouldn't to slow the flow of drugs much. There is too much money involved. I'd bet a million bucks that we'd see just as much cocaine and heroin coming over because we don't produce that stuff here and Americans only consume a few hundred tons of that stuff a year compared to many thousands of tons of marijuana. More meth and marijuana would be produced here, just because they can produce it here. A lot would still come through border checkpoints too though, and over, under and around the fence. There are billions and billions of dollars to be made, high demand and plenty of money to pay for the product in demand. One way or another that demand will be met.