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69 or more Mexican drug cartels bring in and distribute over 95% of all the heroin, meth and cocaine sold in Oregon. Think about that for a sec. That's nearly all of the state's illegal drug problem, which is our state's most expensive and devastating problem, filling our prisons, our hospitals, our cemeteries, and our welfare rolls. And it's all due to Mexican drug cartels operating throughout western America. That's impressive! It's clear these industrious but illegal aliens are deserving of amnesty and a clear path to citizenship.
Good read and sad story, this hits home a bit. About a year ago I had a friend died of an heroin overdose. He was about 35 and reasonably successful, a good job and girlfriend. He partied a lot though and when he hurt himself a few years ago he hit the pills hard, pills turned to more pills, which quickly turned into heroin. I remember right before he went to rehab telling me he thought he would never use a needle, but when those pills stopped working and he saw the look on his friends face after a needle, that he didn't even think twice. He died on a relapse hit found bloated and blue with the needle hanging out of his arm. I also currently have a friend in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury, basically like a stroke victim, a bad batch of meth is the suspected culprit. He is making progress though, but by progress I mean he no longer shits himself and he can sort of walk with a walker. He also seems to know who I am some of the time. 30 years old and he is in a nursing home. In highschool, I had another friend die from a bad batch of meth. From the rumors I heard the meth was intentionally polluted but meant for someone else as a pay back for a bad drug deal. Also in my early 20's when I worked the club scene, I saw many peoples addictions take over them. Mostly coke and meth though. Watching someone turn into an addict is interesting and scary.
It's real simple. Don't do drugs. But then again, now that weed is legal it's a losing battle to be sure.
Legalizing pot isn't going to make the cartel issue worse. If anything, it'll remove that source of income from them. They'll still have harder drugs to smuggle/sell, but their clientele is going to shrink substantially.
Bring 'em on. Amnesty for all. It won't be a problem. They only want the jobs citizens don't want. Baaaaaaa. Go Blazers
What happened when prohibition ended? Same thing will happen with pot. There will be legitimate growers/producers who sell the product legally and without the influence/control of the cartels. if the product is produced in the US, by a US company, why would they need the Mexican cartel's involvement?
Because just say no has worked so well so far. By the way cartels make 30% to 60% of their profit ff of weed.
