Chronicled by an LA Times report in shockingly graphic detail, a jewelry store attack, which lasted only 23 seconds, yet left four dead in Monterrey, Mexico.
What makes the slayings even more senseless is that no goods were stolen, as the murders were a message being sent in a drug war which has claimed more lives (~6,830) than American soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq.
An exasperated President Felipe Calderon has deployed over 50,000 federal officers locally to fight the violence, but widespread fear and corruption have kept blood and drugs flowing through the streets of Mexico.
Are drug users in the united states partially to blame for these actions?
Without the demand the need for violence would be much less. This is not an argument for prohibition, but perhaps an argument for a boycott of all drugs not clearly grown in the united states/canada.
The demand for illicit drugs in the US is what is to blame!
This demand would vanish overnight if drugs (especially marijuana) were to be sold legally to adults by licensed businesses.
Are drug users themselves to blame? ..answer this, what is easier to change, the behaviors of 15 million people or the policy we use to control marijuana? The federal Government is to blame. END THE PROHIBITION!!!
If this happened in the US there’d be thousands of comments posted, but because it happened in Mexico it’s conveniently “out of sight out of mind”.
It was violence like this that made people demand the repeal of the alcohol prohibition in 1932. But just because it’s not happening in the US people don’t care enough to even write to their legislators. Do we care so little about other people that we’re prepared to let them die for the sake of our precious prohibition? SHAME!
How would you tell if the drugs are made in Canada or USA. Maybe a little sticker on the bag, Maybe a Marijuana Tax Stamp. ;-)
I can tell you and everybody else I am not going to boycott any drugs regardless of were they are made or grown.
If you want the murderous military out of Afghanistan then buy Afghani Hash. I did that before and look the Russians are no longer there. See it works.
If you want to kill off the fascist drug worriers then buy Mexican black tar Heroin.
There is a more peaceful way and that is called Legalization with regulation of all drugs.
It’s not about drugs, people. It’s about policy. If popcorn were outlawed or “prohibited,” then the cartels would be killing to keep the price of popcorn high. What is it about this that prohibs just don’t get???? If you believe in the Drug War, understand that you are on the same side of the fence as those seen here in this video. You both have different reason, however. Yet, you’re still BOTH on the SAME side!
We always hear “What about the children?” Well, I’d start asking “What about the adults?” They seem to be the bigger catagory getting blown away!
What happened to Alcohol Prohibition crime when “POLICY” was changed? Now tell me it can’t happen again.
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