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The cartels make most of their money selling drugs to people in other, richer countries. If the US does not legalize those drugs, then Mexico will have to take
by saint_fiasco 11y ago
The cartels make most of their money selling drugs to people in other, richer countries.
If the US does not legalize those drugs, then Mexico will have to take the cost of legalization without it's biggest benefit.
- tomp 11y agoWhy? There will still be criminals tradficking drugs to the US... They just won't be ceiminals in Mexico any more!
- frame_perfect 11y agoIsn't that the whole point? If legalization goes through and the crime is only localized to the U.S., then Mexico's supreme court reduced crime in Mexico.
- tomp 11y agoYes, that's what I was trying to say... I see no "cost of legalization" for Mexico, only benefits.
- frame_perfect 11y agoOh yeah... duh. For some reason I thought you and the parent comment were the same person. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- saint_fiasco 11y agoReducing crime by not calling something a crime doesn't help very much. The crimes Mexican people most want to reduce are the violent crimes, the corruption, etc, all caused by people having to deal directly or indirectly with cartels if they want to produce/sell/consume drugs. As long as the US keeps drugs illegal in their market, people will have to deal with the cartels to be able to sell there, and the US is the biggest market.
- tomp 11y agoWell, guess what, that's exactly what helped in the US, ending the prohibition. Violent crimes, corruption etc. happen because people (drug users and drug sellers) can't conduct business legally. When they can, they use the police to resolve problems and generally abide by regulations, because it's simply cheaper to do business that way.
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- saint_fiasco 11y agoIf those people are still criminals in the US, they will have to deal with organized criminal organizations to export to US instead of using the official channels. One big benefit of legalization of drugs was that the organized criminals wouldn't be able to make money off it, but most of their business is in the US anyway.