How Bad Is Drug Violence In Mexico? LA Times Update.

[guslb12]

he clearly says that fight are between cartels not people like us

[steve852011]

now the cartells can use their shell corps and all the cash we been sending them to put some real pressure on our politicians and out some like minded people in power so hopefully my weed bill will go down

[zkorpioz]

sounds like MS-13

[gregapage]

fuck me i hate spics.

they're decapiting like arabs now?

[ViolentRiC]

Learn to spell before you go on your superiority flex.

[bgjm13]

F YOU

[PhuckAllYouPeople]

@gregapage

You do realize that the word "decapiting" doesn't exist, right?

If your going to be intolerant and racist then at least don't be a complete moron.

[tammiejo]

I wish he would have touched on the murders of all those jaurez women that have taken place in recent years, its hard to get any news about that subject. such a horrible thing.

[wessiderider187]

this is a result of americas stupid failed drug policies. i agree with Xenite227 totaly legalize it. prohibition is the WORST policy to pursue aginst drugs.

[Xenite227]

Mexican drugs make 80-90% of their money from marijuanna. Legalize marijuanna, cut off 90% of their profits.... not rocket science.

[kwams33]

Actually about 60% but it's still very substantial.

[audadvnc]

The Eskimos have over 20 names for snow - the Mexican drug gangs have multiple names for murder. Yikes!

This interview was fascinating. Give us more of these, TYT.

[ZombiedustXXX]

I cannot believe it! An actual factual Los Angeles Times interview about the ills of Mexico...that did not blame the USA!

Is there a link to the actual articles available online?

[frayzerm]

There's a simple solution to this.

How many deaths have been attributed to bootlegging gangs since the end of prohibition?

[3star2nr]

do u really think legalisation will stop crime?

[Drey4ltur]

it would stop trafficking, and that *funds* crime.

so... YES.

legalization would absolutely decapitate organized crime, even if it were just cannabis.

[3star2nr]

Thats a overly symplistic way of looking at things.

Why do i say that did the end of prohibition kill the mob? or did they just move on to other things?

example drugs?

If you legalise all drugs it wont do anything. Legalisation would come with strong regulations. example 21 andd over etc.

People who want to buy drugs who cant meet requirements willturn to the black market.

Once there is a need there will be someone to fill that need.

If you want to kill demand stop using completely

[Drey4ltur]

ROFL... ok you think I'm being overly simplistic, when i have history and fact on my side...

your advice is, "If you want to kill demand stop using completely "

think about how stupid that is.

and btw, no gangs today run alcohol and tobacco rings, but kids cant get to that stuff legally, cause it's regulated.

your point is worthless.

[3star2nr]

Dude the same gangs went to smuggling drugs instead till they were killed by rival gangs and government agencies like the FBI etc.

Basically your missing the bigger picture. By your logic if you want UPS to stop shipping then take away all blue packages.

It doesnt change the fact that UPS also ships crates.

The point is as long as there is a need someone will step up to supply the need.

The only way to kill crime is to eliminate the need i.e. stop using.

[coffeebuzzz]

Why would you want to stop demand? Some people are quite happy using their drug of choice, like alcohol or cannabis. Try this method out for yourself,- If you don't want to use drugs, THEN DON"T. Prohibitionists dont want us to use drugs, i get that, personally i would ban religion before banning drugs because religion kills thousands of times more people than illicit drugs ever have or will.

I figure, if you are allowed to ban one thing that i like, then i can ban one thng that you like.

[3star2nr]

No pro legalization person is serious about fighting drug crime. In fact none of them give a shit about drug related crime.

If they did they would be backing programs to get people to stop using drugs

[IntractableJ]

"People" will not stop taking drugs though. It's never going to happen. Even a death penalty won't stop it.

[Drey4ltur]

listen 3star2nr, you fucktard!

prohibition ENCOURAGES lawlessness!!! it makes people think that the law isn't important.

no matter the law or country, people want to get high, and do.

[vadimcream]

So you're saying those under 21 will resort to the same violence seen now if it's legalized? Do you see ANY teens shooting one another over a six pack of beer? Regulations won't perpetuate the violence by a long shot.

[dangerouslytalented]

Actually, the trafficking is not funding the crime, it is the whole aim of the organisation. The criminal behavior is all about the money.

Maybe the legalisation of cannabis could help with the problem, but the legalisation of cocaine, heroin, and meth I don't think THAT will achieve anything. They are just too harmful, they cause physical illness.

[coffeebuzzz]

"They are just too harmful, they cause physical illness", many legal things do as well. The damage from illicit drugs causes minimal damage, the damage from prohibition causes massive personal and social damage that is without peer in the last 100 years.

Why is gasoline legal?, it can be inhaled to alter the mind, kill you if you drink it, make a dangerous incendiary device and causes massive environmental damage. Sounds like prohibition creates more trouble than it solves.

[coosoorlog]

I think it has every single time.

[3star2nr]

the crime never ended man they just started selling another product.

[coosoorlog]

Sure, not all crime ends, but that particular criminal activity linked with the substance does end. Of course litigation will always be one step behind as different substances come into the market and so on. But that doesn't mean we should be just sitting doing nothing.

[pharg86]

number one -tyt