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Imagine the amount of suffering these countries could be spare their people if they just legalized drugs of any kind (it's not like it not freely available anyw
by mikaeluu 9y ago
Imagine the amount of suffering these countries could be spare their people if they just legalized drugs of any kind (it's not like it not freely available anyway), and just swept the cartles income from under them.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoIt's too late for that. The cartels are up and running in various industries like extortion and sex trafficking. The Mexican cartels control politics anyway, so good luck just making them go away.
- pjc50 9y agoThe drugs are mostly for export. Legalising them would run an increased risk of US military intervention.
- neves 9y agoNothing would change much. The countries would still be exploited by small a oligarchy. They would still have one of the worst wealth distribution in the world. And they would still have a ultra violent police that routinely kills a lot of poor, black and indigenous people.