Just got back from Cancun, Mexico last night...

[zanejohnson]

I don't necessarily disagree with you on that. I don't know what would happen if Marijuana was legalized in the U.S. Somehow I think these animals (and by animals I mean the small percentage, but thousands if not a million people who behead a human being for money reasons) will turn to something else just as violent and lucrative.

so these animals? they can be from anywhere? anywhere where humans are? correct?

SOOOO

the problems not humans, it's what people would do for money reasons???

like for real? im struggling with this too..

 

[erikistired]

so these animals? they can be from anywhere? anywhere where humans are? correct?

SOOOO

the problems not humans, it's what people would do for money reasons???

like for real? im struggling with this too..

are you high right now?

 

[zanejohnson]

are you high right now?

not at all.. my mind is so much clearer these days..

 

[purbeast0]

I think most people know that not ALL of Mexico is dangerous. Of course the protected resorts are fine. A couple of my employees are from Mexico, and even they are scared when they drive to see family once a year. I would never, ever, drive anywhere in Mexico.

i didn't stay in a 'protected resort' the entire time i was there by any means. the only time i was really at my hotel was when i woke up and at night before we went out, and to sleep of course.

we were walking the busy streets of downtown every night no problems. was out till 6am one of the nights/mornings too, not a problem at all.

i live in Maryland right near DC and go out in DC sometimes. i felt much safer walking around in the middle of the night in Cancun than I do in DC.

sensationalism ftl!

 

[preslove]

I think most people know that not ALL of Mexico is dangerous. Of course the protected resorts are fine. A couple of my employees are from Mexico, and even they are scared when they drive to see family once a year. I would never, ever, drive anywhere in Mexico.

The northern parts and the Southwestern coast of Mexico are where the worst violence is happening, so driving from the US isn't particularly safe. You don't have to be on a "protected resort" on the Yucatan.

I don't necessarily disagree with you on that. I don't know what would happen if Marijuana was legalized in the U.S. Somehow I think these animals (and by animals I mean the small percentage, but thousands if not a million people who behead a human being for money reasons) will turn to something else just as violent and lucrative.

Uh... there isn't anything in the neighborhood of drugs in profit margins.

Here's the thing, 6 years ago, Mexico was fine. Then the Mexican government started the crackdown. 30,000+ corpses later, there is no end in site.

This is why Vicente Fox, the Mexican president who started the crackdown, is calling for legalization: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2040882,00.html

i don't believe in legalization. sorry. if you make it legal, it's going to have the crap taxed out of it, and there will still be a market for cheaper drugs from cartels or gangs or whoever. if the prices get driven down, they'll just sell shittier weed, or coke, etc. as long as there is a demand people are going to supply it, regardless of who the competition is. these guys aren't going to just up and decide to get day jobs because we made pot legal in the states.

When's the last time you bought alcohol from a gangster 🙄

Even "taxing the crap" out of drugs won't make them any more expensive than they already are. Most of the value in the street price of drugs comes from the risk involved in smuggling. The actual labor involved in cultivation and transportation makes up very little of the street price.

Also, the TONS of revenue (literally, the cash they make can be measured in tons) the cartels make are also what make them so hard to fight. If they have to slash prices to supply this fantasy market for drugs of yours, then they will be much easier to be caught because they won't have the capital to spend on bribes, weapons, and replacement soldiers.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

AND OMG I ACTUALLY SURVIVED THE WARZONE COUNTRY KNOWN AS MEXICO!!!

went to cancun in 2007 and felt just as safe this time if not safer than before. never once did i feel worried about a damn thing.

went scuba diving for the first time too and wow it was amazing, too bad my underwater digital camera got a lense error like 5 minutes down there 🙁

did a few other excursions as well which involved rides of over 90 minutes away from the cancun area, including Xel-Ha and Isla Mujeres trip.

but yes, any people who are ignorant to thinking that all of mexico is a terrible drug warzone ridden place right now (yes there are a TON on this forum from previous threads) are 100% wrong. use common sense and you will be okay.

so you didn't get kidnapped or turned into a drug mule so you are extrapolating your results for everyone traveling to mexico?

 

[erikistired]

When's the last time you bought alcohol from a gangster 🙄

Even "taxing the crap" out of drugs won't make them any more expensive than they already are. Most of the value in the street price of drugs comes from the risk involved in smuggling. The actual labor involved in cultivation and transportation makes up very little of the street price.

Also, the TONS of revenue (literally, the cash they make can be measured in tons) the cartels make are also what make them so hard to fight. If they have to slash prices to supply this fantasy market for drugs of yours, then they will be much easier to be caught because they won't have the capital to spend on bribes, weapons, and replacement soldiers.

the last time i was in pennsylvania.