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| but the drugs (in general) are still coming to the US th bloody, violent way via paramilitaries, druglords, etc. Not necessarily. A lot of them appear to be
by joshontheweb 13y ago
| but the drugs (in general) are still coming to the US th bloody, violent way via paramilitaries, druglords, etc.
Not necessarily. A lot of them appear to be shipped in via post from outside the US direct to the buyer.
- subpixel 13y agoI was trying to point out that the drug war doesn't begin or end at the border.
- jbackus 13y agoYes, but that is where most of the enforcement is and therefore most of the violence.
- XorNot 13y agoWow, this is incredibly uninformed. For one thing, no one's bothering to attack the US border, whereas in Brazil the government is fighting numerous active paramilitary groups which are basically all just fighting each other for control of the drug trade.
- jbackus 13y agoYeah didn't really think that through before writing, majority is the wrong word. I didn't mean attacking the border, I just meant that a lot of the violence occurs near the border as most cartels set up shop in locations most appropriate for later distribution into the U.S.