Mexico has decriminalized drugs for personal use. ALL OF THEM.

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JGS said:
It may have weakened, but it's willfully ignorant to say that "Prohibition ended Mafia's dominance." Wrong. The Mafia, like any business that wants to survive figured out a way to survive. Their doing it right now.

Of course, if you take away a revenue stream, it's going to affect things negatively. However, the Prohibition did not affect them that much because they moved onto other things. I was always under the impression they got stronger after WWII. That may be The Godfather talking though. I bet you anything they are still the largest criminal organization on the planet.

The government taking a "by any means necessary" stance with them is what lessened their influence. That happened several decades farther along than the Prohibition. The problem is they did it at the expense of letting other groups grow. Which is where we're at now. The only way that cartels are going to leave is if you legalize them which would guarentee the US would never sign onto drug legalization.

Otherwise, they are already bold enough to kill cops. They ain't going anywhere. It's not like they are going to say "Dang! They legalized drugs! Let's pack up amigos!!!"

They are going to continue to fight for their revenue. If they lose that battle, no big deal, they'll move onto something else worth killing for. Regardless, legal drugs will never be the panacea everyone thinks it is. Tobacco and liquor prove that point as wrong headed.
i find your argument very persuasive...





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The Mexican drugs cartles have all sorts of sources for revenue. Kidnapping, Transporting illegal immigrants, protection fees,etc.

Man, I wish they would just leave people the fuck alone. My hometown in Mexico has been destroyed because of these scum. Law enforcement there is just too weak to do anything.
 
interesting

Ten Commandments

In November 2007 Sicilian police reported to have found a list of "Ten Commandments" in the hideout of mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo. They are thought to be guidelines on how to be a good, respectful and honourable mafioso.[23]

1. No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.
2. Never look at the wives of friends.
3. Never be seen with cops.
4. Don't go to pubs and clubs.
5. Always being available for Cosa Nostra is your life not a pastime
6. Appointments must absolutely be respected.
7. Wives must be treated with respect.
8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
10. People who can't be part of Cosa Nostra: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn't hold to moral values.
 
t4ng0 said:
i find your argument very persuasive...





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Just because I can't spell doesn't mean it's not true.

For your benefit, I'll edit for better understanding.
 
This is a bad idea. I think weed should definitely be decriminalized, besides that I can't see this doing any good. Of course, Mexico is also dealing with the consequences of a drug war...
 
I've heard the 'bububu the drug lords will just go into trafficking children, prostitution, harder drugs, other drugs, etc.' argument before, but my question is, won't that not necessarily work in their favor, because although the drug lords might be willing to go down that route, it won't help much unless you also have the DEMAND for child labor, underage prostitution, etc. go up as well?
 
Bob Loblaw said:
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I think Mexico just got to season 3 of the wire and thought , hey! this might work.

Bunny was right.
 
Bob Loblaw said:
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I think Mexico just got to season 3 of the wire and thought , hey! this might work.

Too bad there's a difference between one stretch of road and an ENTIRE COUNTRY :lol
 
Oblivion said:
I've heard the 'bububu the drug lords will just go into trafficking children, prostitution, harder drugs, other drugs, etc.' argument before, but my question is, won't that not necessarily work in their favor, because although the drug lords might be willing to go down that route, it won't help much unless you also have the DEMAND for child labor, underage prostitution, etc. go up as well?

So was just curious, is there any merit to this line of thinking? Anyone?
 
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