Comments on: Mexico: A nation-state dissolves? http://polizeros.com/2007/07/13/mexico-a-nation-state-dissolves/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/07/13/mexico-a-nation-state-dissolves/#comment-139236 DJ Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:15:50 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/07/13/mexico-a-nation-state-dissolves/#comment-139236 Much like a proactive "enemy-prevention" foreign policy, legalizing drugs is far too sensible to survive the political process. I have often wondered, with politicians battling essentially to keep prices high, how could they NOT have a vested interest in the drug trade? Parts of the government have been involved in the trade, from smuggling heroin in the 1970s, to flying pot and cocaine into Georgia in the 1980s, to (if you believe the reports) inventing and promoting crack in the late 1980s and 1990s. If prices go down, the cartels may not be the only ones who lose. Maybe, when the government said it was interested in national security, you thought they meant OUR security? Much like a proactive “enemy-prevention” foreign policy, legalizing drugs is far too sensible to survive the political process. I have often wondered, with politicians battling essentially to keep prices high, how could they NOT have a vested interest in the drug trade?

Parts of the government have been involved in the trade, from smuggling heroin in the 1970s, to flying pot and cocaine into Georgia in the 1980s, to (if you believe the reports) inventing and promoting crack in the late 1980s and 1990s. If prices go down, the cartels may not be the only ones who lose.

Maybe, when the government said it was interested in national security, you thought they meant OUR security?

]]> By: Joe Hartley http://polizeros.com/2007/07/13/mexico-a-nation-state-dissolves/#comment-139234 Joe Hartley Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:42:57 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/07/13/mexico-a-nation-state-dissolves/#comment-139234 It occurs to me that we may have to legalize drugs to clear out the gangs in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. Interesting to see what the drug lords would do with their cash as supplies became cheap and plentiful. I love it: legalize drugs as part of the national security policy. It occurs to me that we may have to legalize drugs to clear out the gangs in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. Interesting to see what the drug lords would do with their cash as supplies became cheap and plentiful.

I love it: legalize drugs as part of the national security policy.

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