“PRD Deputy and Federal District Legislative Assembly President Víctor Hugo Círigo said organized crime is making $13 billion a year off the drug trade. More than half of that — $8 billion — is derived from the marijuana business, he said.”
Other estimates put the number at over 14 billion a year. These guys are making ridiculous amounts of money selling drugs to Americans. With so much money there for the taking, I don't see how we stop this. Maybe we can put some gang or two out of business, but there will always be people to step in and make all the money to be made.
Legalize the stuff and the profit goes away. We don't see gangs dealing in booze and cigarettes (except smuggling stuff from low-tax states to high-tax states). Prohibition should have taught us about the failure of anti-drug laws.
Legalize it.
Regulate it.
Excise tax it. (tobacco, alcohol are examples)
But that makes too much damned sense...
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