Clinton says U.S. shares blame for Mexican drug wars

Thursday 26th March, 05:43 AM JST

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grafton at 09:02 AM JST - 26th March

More people are being killed in Mexico than are being killed in Iraq & Afghanistan put together, maybe the US is fighting a war in the wrong country. Maybe bringing their troops home & stationing them along their southern border might serve a far better purpose. It might be able to stop the drugs getting into Mexico, but if it stops them from crossing into the US then the South American suppliers will just by-pass Mexico. No drugs = no money = no killings.
Altria at 10:03 AM JST - 26th March

teleprompter - LOL
buddha4brains at 12:15 PM JST - 26th March

Nancy Reagan had it right when she said "Just say No!", but if that is the sum total of America's fight against drugs, then not much will change.
adaydream at 12:27 PM JST - 26th March

There's only one way to vastly reduce this problem and the deaths on the Mexican border and that's to legalize marijuana. Unless that happens, the drug problem won't cease.

As long as government contracts out for helicopters, everybody and his uncle is tested/ing for THC, drug testing equipment companies are making money, AnheiserBusch is brewing beer and Jack's doing Daniels then there will be efforts to make sure that it doesn't happen.

But I hear that there are people within the government that is tossing this around as a viable answer.

Between being pressed as a medical treatment, decrimilization conversations and the tax dollars that can be generated. < :-)
Alphaape at 05:17 PM JST - 26th March

Hillary, Make sure you include Bill's brother Roger who was arrested on cocaine charges awhile back.

How about this Hillary, instead of apologizing for the U.S. and it's widespread use of drugs, why don't you say that this administration is going to put troops on the border, build a better fence and have no tolerance for smugglers who - bring guns from the US to Mexico for the cartels to use (supposedly) - shut off access for drug runners bringing drugs into the US - stop the illegals from crossing over.

Then by telling Mexico that we will crack down harder on those who are caught bringing drugs into our country, and the big time sellers, how about Mexico do something about

-low wages paid to their police who are often working for drug smugglers - tackling social issues in that country so that the poor have ways to better themselves in legitimate ways so tha they will not start to work for drug smuggles - tackle social issues so that Mexico's poor will not see the need to move to America and use our social serices.

Hillary, stop trying to be liked by everyone and "man up" and call a spade a spade. Yes the U.S. has a drug problem, but don't go around and say it is mostly "our fault." Make it tougher for that stuff to get in the U.S. go after the real "drug kingpins" in business that funnel money and you will take a big dent out of the trafficing, instead of going there and trying to be liked.
Madverts at 06:53 PM JST - 26th March

"America’s “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs"

Then why they hell don't they legalize it all?

And TAX it. Clean the drugs up, get rid of all the p!ss-ant dealers and I'm sure would more than likely make it less desirable to young people since it's no longer illegal.
skipthesong at 09:32 PM JST - 26th March

You make any drug legal, and I can tell you that someone will conjure up another one... like meth.

You can't just keep on legalizing drugs, we already have done this with booze and in some places mind you, carry up to a pound of weed gets you nothing - you even get to keep it.

Legalize weed, and then coke comes back into play and I lived in Miami during those years so I think I know a bit more than a lot of you young guys out there. Legalize that, and then heroine.

No, the US should do what Japan does and make illegal for use and get users. If you are arrested for anything, then tested and you have narcs in your system - boom! Also, quit making dealers get off easy. Too young, too poor, what ever. Put them away for a long time as they are slowly murdering people.
Madverts at 11:35 PM JST - 26th March

Skip - people toot coke now as they did in the 80's, heh, though I wish I'd been with you in Miami to see that era for real ;)

People aren't going to stop tooting coke. Even Hilary Clinton acknowledges Ameria's "insaitiable" need for the damned stuff....

...whilst I've no desire in particular to use the damned stuff myself, other users clearly aren't going to stop - why the hell isn't it taxed?
adaydream at 12:07 AM JST - 27th March

skipthesong

You can't just keep on legalizing drugs

Besides alcohol, what have they legalized? And they legalized alcohol 70+ years ago. The liquor industry has done very well and they don't want it to change.

I remember the 60s till now and sex, drugs and rock and roll. I did everything from pot, coke, PCP, acid, water and meth. Just had to try everything. Done them all at least once while I was stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC and my wonderful times overseas. And for the last 40+ years I have enjoy pot instead of alcohol or the other. There are more of us hippies around who want a little smoke. Legalize it and you take most of the drug trade away from the drug lords and the country benefits.

So keeping pot illegal is only enriching the drug lords and giving them reasons for killing each other. < :-)
ca1ic0cat at 02:36 AM JST - 27th March

no drugs=no money=no killing

I'm afraid that this utopia can't be achieved. Drugs are as easy to smuggle as bottles of booze or guns. There is absolutely no way to stop this. The "war on drugs" is a total failure.

While everybody would like to prevent people from making mistakes, especially the ones with nasty consequences, that is an unachieveable utopia as well. Heck, even the president of the US has experimented with cocain. Bush was a noted lush and Clinton smoked pot (but didn't inhale).

The only way to stop the drug war is to legalize drugs and then use the money presently going to attempt to stop drugs to picking up the pieces for the unfortunates who ruin their lives with the drugs. The same way we do with chronic gamblers, alcoholics, etc.

This has several other advantages. If the price of getting high is low enough the necessity to rob and steal for a fix will diminish. Having drug use in the open will make it easier for abusers to get treatment. The risk of failed states will go down. Criminals will not be getting huge cash rewards for their crime. Poor farmers in Columbia, etc. will be able to make a living with a higher cash value crop. Government will be able to tax the trade to raise funds for treatment programs. Government regulations can improve the quality of the products and thus reduce adulteration - in most cases.

The downside is that there will be addicts and some of those addicts will be the middle class folk who come "out of the closet." But a lot of these addicts are already there, they are just hiding.

The "war on drugs" is a failed effort to enforce morality by banning something that people consider evil. But we all know how well banning things works. It doesn't. I submit it is far better to get the problem out in the open where it can be dealt with rather than continue with a policy that has clearly failed.