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You have to consider what the Mexican drug cartels would do if you regulated these drugs and essentially put them out of business. How do you think they would r
by at-fates-hands 13y ago
You have to consider what the Mexican drug cartels would do if you regulated these drugs and essentially put them out of business. How do you think they would react??
- Nursie 13y agoWho gives a crap? All of a sudden they won't have hundreds of millions of people clamouring to give them money all the time.
- Bootvis 13y agoI'm not sure. What we do know is that their most profitable enterprise ceases to exist. Less profit means less money to spend on weapons, bribes and hiring goons. Sounds good to me!
- angersock 13y agoIn this corner, Los Zetas and the rest of the cartels. In that corner, Pfizer, Merck, Bayer, Dow. Somehow, my money's on Big Pharma. Especially if they get to spend money on security contractors. The basic reasoning here is that once you flood the markets with cheap, awesome, solid product the operating funds of the cartels go away. Destroy the market and you can't afford to be evil.
- ams6110 13y agoWhat did the criminal underground alcohol producers do when prohibition ended?
- samatman 13y agoCreate Las Vegas.
- MichaelGG 13y agoI'd suspect if you gave a 15-year exclusive license to a few companies, Mexico'd get cleaned up really fast. Dealing with the DEA and what not is one thing; but dealing with Monsanto?
- shabble 13y agoSince they're already dousing the place with herbicides anyway[1], they just need to release Roundup-Ready Coca plants! [1] http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Drug_War/Monsanto_DrugWar.html http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Drug_War/Monsanto_DrugWar....
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoRoundup-ready Coca is old news. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/columbia.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/columbia.html
- TeMPOraL 13y agoI don't know, but they obviously have an interest in keeping the status quo. I wouldn't be surprised if they would be found actually supporting War-on-Drugs efforts.
- jessaustin 13y agoI suspect you're being sarcastic, since putting these assholes out of business is basically the point of ending prohibition. They'll "react" like anyone else who goes out of business. They'll find a new business, presumably one less profitable and less violent.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoBy going broke.