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Mexican Drug war in pics (boston.com)

boston.com destroys pretty much all other websites when it comes to their photo presenatation. I've seen so many good series on there.
 
15 ft tall border wall costs $6 million per mile?? Damn!

I don't think I'll ever visit Mexico anytime soon
 
Originally posted by: dbk
15 ft tall border wall costs $6 million per mile?? Damn!

I don't think I'll ever visit Mexico anytime soon
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You don't have to climb it to go to Mexico, silly.
 
Originally posted by: barfo
Originally posted by: dbk
15 ft tall border wall costs $6 million per mile?? Damn!

I don't think I'll ever visit Mexico anytime soon
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You don't have to climb it to go to Mexico, silly.
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I know that...I don't want to go because of all the violence
 
Originally posted by: shocksyde
Great stuff. Over 5,000 drug-related murders in Mexico last year? FUNK DAT!
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In the last 15 months Juarez has had about 2000. Over 500 of those came in the last three months.
 
Originally posted by: hanoverphist
Originally posted by: ChrisIsBored
Originally posted by: barfo
Originally posted by: dbk
15 ft tall border wall costs $6 million per mile?? Damn!

I don't think I'll ever visit Mexico anytime soon
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You don't have to climb it to go to Mexico, silly.
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Then where's the challenge?
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getting home again.
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You get extra points if all your limbs and fingers are still with you.
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...ation.drugs/index.html

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Misc/roe1.htm
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You are a fool to believe just legallizing drugs would end the cartel violence.

A few select people control the MAJORITY of the drugs flowing into the US. They are MORE powerful than the governments of South America. They have tens of thousands of police, military and government officials on their payroll. 70% of the police force in Cidudad Juarez was on various cartel payrolls back in 2007.

The reason this current cartel war is going is is the #1 man went down a couple years ago and no everyone wants to be the new #1 man. They will continue their war because of $$$.

Diamonds are legal. They still spark tremendous violence in Africa. This violence has nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with money and control of supply.
 
Worked for booze.

No one should be prevented from putting whatever they want to into themselves either. I am for this for MANY more reasons than the FACT that it will ELIMINATE street gangs in the US withing 1 year.

You logic that not legalizing because there are corrupt politicians is flawless...
 
Originally posted by: Wreckem
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...ation.drugs/index.html

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Misc/roe1.htm
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You are a fool to believe just legallizing drugs would end the cartel violence.

A few select people control the MAJORITY of the drugs flowing into the US. They are MORE powerful than the governments of South America. They have tens of thousands of police, military and government officials on their payroll. 70% of the police force in Cidudad Juarez was on various cartel payrolls back in 2007.

The reason this current cartel war is going is is the #1 man went down a couple years ago and no everyone wants to be the new #1 man. They will continue their war because of $$$.

Diamonds are legal. They still spark tremendous violence in Africa. This violence has nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with money and control of supply.
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Making the market legal would cause the cartels to collapse because there would be nothing to inflate the costs (and thus fight over). Profit margin will be reduced to a fraction of what it is now and US companies will eagerly fill the supply side of the void.
 
I can't help thinking that while the drug cartels will not disappear, they will have lost a good deal of power, especially if we're able to subsequently grow or produce these drugs domestically.
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Worked for booze.

No one should be prevented from putting whatever they want to into themselves either. I am for this for MANY more reasons than the FACT that it will ELIMINATE street gangs in the US withing 1 year.

You logic that not legalizing because there are corrupt politicians is flawless...
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The only problem with this is the number of Darwin award winners each year would grow substantially.
 
Originally posted by: Wreckem
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...ation.drugs/index.html

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Misc/roe1.htm
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You are a fool to believe just legallizing drugs would end the cartel violence.

A few select people control the MAJORITY of the drugs flowing into the US. They are MORE powerful than the governments of South America. They have tens of thousands of police, military and government officials on their payroll. 70% of the police force in Cidudad Juarez was on various cartel payrolls back in 2007.

The reason this current cartel war is going is is the #1 man went down a couple years ago and no everyone wants to be the new #1 man. They will continue their war because of $$$.

Diamonds are legal. They still spark tremendous violence in Africa. This violence has nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with money and control of supply.
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The diamond comparison is invalid. Drugs can be cheaply and easily grown anywhere in the world. Naturally formed diamonds are a natural resource that can't be grown.

There will always be something though. They aren't going to legalize all drugs. If anything, they will just legalize marijuana, which might help a little bit, but there will still be plenty of cocaine to be illegally imported.
 
A police officer walks on packages of cocaine in Buenaventura, Colombia's main seaport on the Pacific coast, Monday, March 23, 2009. Colombian police had seized 3.5 tons of cocaine in a container of vegetable grease bound for Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) #
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insane amount right there... INSANE.
 
Originally posted by: Alyx
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Worked for booze.

No one should be prevented from putting whatever they want to into themselves either. I am for this for MANY more reasons than the FACT that it will ELIMINATE street gangs in the US withing 1 year.

You logic that not legalizing because there are corrupt politicians is flawless...
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The only problem with this is the number of Darwin award winners each year would grow substantially.
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Read article #2 I suspect this would not be the case at all. In fact I suspect that the total number of drug-related deaths due strictly to health issues would fall.
 
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