Posted on 04/12/2018 7:05:49 AM PDT by mandaladon
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox proposed on Wednesday the legalization of opium poppy production as a way to help end bloody turf battles fought by drug cartels in various parts of the country.
Fox served as president from 2000-2006 with the center-right National Action Party but has since distanced himself from the party. In the past, he has also advocated for the legalization of marijuana.
The plants themselves are not harmful, we make them harmful, (especially) the criminals who use them for evil purposes, Fox said at a pro-marijuana event in the capital.
He also implored Mexicos presidential candidates to openly debate drug legalization ahead of the July vote.
The ex-leader cited the violence-racked southern state of Guerrero, arguing that drug legalization would curtail cartel profits and boost safety, including at the iconic beach resort of Acapulco, which has been ravaged with gangland violence over the past few years.
Guerrero, located along Mexicos southwestern Pacific coast, is home to numerous poppy fields used to produce opium, the main ingredient in heroin.
Last year, more than 25,000 murders were recorded in Mexico as rival drug gangs increasingly splintered into smaller, more brutal groups after more than a decade of a military-led campaign to battle the cartels.
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For communism to succeed, the population has to be either drunk or high all of the time.
The plants themselves are not harmful, we make them harmful, (especially) the criminals who use them for evil purposes, Fox said at a pro-marijuana event in the capital.
I’m sure he’d make the same argument about guns, right?
SOLVE the problem by BUILDING THE WALL.
A real rocket surgeon that one. I think I see one reason Latin America is such a $*!thole
Is it not the logical next step? Sad.
Fox is the Joe Biden of Mexico. Loco tio Vinnie.
Of course, after all, what are friends for? /barf
Ask the Chinese how that worked out for them?
Sounds like Vinny the pimp is high on the $h!t.
well you forgot the porn but otherwise, we're already there...so many of my fellow citizens fall into those categories..
I would think an easier solution would be to bomb the cartels out of business, arrest and hang every corrupt cop and judge who worked for the cartels and maybe try to develop some industry where people can get legitimate jobs.
Hope the miserable batard overdoses.
Like I said on the Syria threads. Forget Syria, we need to send our troops into Mexico.
“I’m all over that!” - John Boehner
How about putting army issue bullets into the heads of every cartel hoodlum that you can lay hand on instead?
If this is the direction the Mexicans want to go it won’t stop till there’s a second Mexican-American war.
It’s going to happen sooner or later, might as well do it now while we still have the muscle.
MEXICO is bent on destroying American young people with an influx of drugs. EVIL.
Its going to happen sooner or later, might as well do it now while we still have the muscle.
We need to deal with Mexico AS IT IS.
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