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Let Mexico fight drug war


By Justin Akers Chacon







Taking the lead






Justin Akers Chacon is a professor of U.S. history and Chicano studies in San Diego. He wrote this for Progressive Media Project, a source of liberal commentary that is affiliated with The Progressive magazine. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.



1jway(4 comments)posted 3 years, 4 months ago

The cartels make more than $10 billion a year selling marijuana in the U.S. - this supplies them with the bulk of the money they need to arm themselves and pay their hit men. While this massive mountain of marijuana money sits on the border there will *always* be people willing to do whatever is necessary to make as much of that money as possible their own. The *only* solution is to eliminate this money and the *only* way to do that is by allowing our supermarkets to legally sell marijuana to adults at prices too low for drug dealers and the cartels to match.

We have to face facts. Either we as a country have the ability to eliminate marijuana use in the U.S. or we as a country must provide safe and legal access to the stuff through distributors we can trust - and who better to do this than our supermarkets who we already trust with alcohol and tobacco? Our supermarkets have proven that they're reputable companies, they know how to card their customers, and they have the ability and the will to price these products at a level too low for illegal suppliers to match. Supermarkets are the ideal way to drive drug dealers off our streets and bankrupt the murderous and sadistic cartels. The status quo of massive, unrelenting demand combined with zero legal supply is simply NOT an option!

We may not ever wish to purchase beer, tobacco or marijuana ourselves but for the sake of our safety and our children’s safety we should *always* insist on these products being legal for supermarkets to sell to adults.

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2Traveler(606 comments)posted 3 years, 4 months ago

We need to look at the cartels as a business. If you do then it easy to shut them down.

First legalize pot and give control of growing and distributions it the cigarette company's. They know how to track who is growing there product and keep the drug lords out.

Second attack there distributions network if they cant get hard drugs in to the country they cant sell them. SHUT DOWN THE BORDER CALL IN THE ARMY TO GET IT DONE

Third cut down on the demand. Drug testing for people on government aid. Mandatory drug treatment for anyone caught with drugs. Automatic death sentence for major drug dealers no appeals.

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