This is a much better argument for the legalization of drugs.
Gentlemen, you owe
this to Lucy. XD
Word has it that it gets even better with some Lucy of your own, but I've never tried and probably never will. I'm already rather too light, don't wanna fly off like a kite.
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Anyway,
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Originally Posted by SoldierOfDarkness
Why are the drug cartels super powerful in Mexico but the same has not been seen in other countries around the world?
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The weakness and corruption of the Mexican government, the massive affluence of the United States and therefore its drug market, and yes, the dearth of legal access to recreational drugs in said market.
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IMO being proactive and working with the kids to keep them from going to drugs in the first place would be a lot more effective.
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They've been trying for decades. Many "proactive" programs in the US, some quite successful, or at least they say they are.
The famous
D.A.R.E. is apparently full of lies though. Some kids notice the bullshit, gets miffed, take to the other side. Go too far the other way, become addicts, whoops.
In any case, the argument for legalization is, except for the radicals, generally accompanied by argument in favor of an increase in social support apparatus; something like the Portuguese case, which accompanied legalization with just that. You still wouldn't be seeing Philip Morris (or whatever they call themselves now) advertising cannabis on prime time television, nor would it means free distribution. Such legalization generally functions as a "pressure valve outlet" rather than to entirely normalize the behavior, so college kids trying out a few joints for a phase wouldn't have to get busted and have their lives ruined/turned hardened criminals in the mighty hard criminal factory that is the US prison system.