Should Mexico be legalized?

Would it cut down on the drug cartel violence and lower prices?



I'm pretty sure Mexico is currently legalized... ;)





I think you meant "Should Marijuana be legalized?, Would it cut down on....". If that is the question, the answer is difficult.





Would it cut down on cartel violence and lower prices?





Absolutely. During prohibition in the USA, when alcohol was banned, organized crime really took hold. Prices of booze went up, and criminals saw huge profits. Crime also skyrocketed. The reason is this; If you go to Best Buy and give them $2000 for a TV to be delivered, and they don't do it, you sue them. What does a drug dealer do when $2000 dollars worth of Marijuana is not delivered? They have to use force to reconcile the dispute. They obviously can't sue. So if you legalize marijuana, then American business people will start growing and selling it, albeit with heavy government oversight. Violence relating to that particular drug will be almost non-existent. Look at, for instance, Adderall. Highly addictive, high demand, yet I've not heard of any drive by shootings at Merck or Glaxo Smith Kline. As for prices, they would DEFINITELY drop. Depending on the level of taxation and regulation, the prices would be similar to tobacco.





However, while crime relating to Marijuana would drop, the cartels would simply move on to another illegal product that has demand, and the crime involving that product will rise.








Another effect of legalizing marijuana would be the effects on the current marijuana economy. Billions of dollars are spent every year in the USA fighting Marijuana. Once legalized, what will all those Law Enforcement officers do? Some will undoubtedly switch to whatever product the cartels switch to, but there will surely be job loss.





Another effect, and this is just my personal theory, is what will happen in inner city neighborhoods. It's a lot easier to by pot in a ghetto than in a suburb. This brings money from more affluent areas into poorer areas. That money is then redistributed to the local economy through inner city businesses that are likely employ inner city poor.








Having said all that, I personally feel marijuana and all other substances should be completely deregulated. Not for any crime or financial reasons, but simply on the premise of freedom. Who owns my body? If I own it, shouldn't I be the lone decider of how it is treated? While I am opposed to recreational use of marijuana (Smoking is BAD for you!), I am much more opposed to people telling me what I can and cannot put into my body.








Man that was lengthy. Hope that helps!




in 1996 america was given a plan to pass on to mexico when they elected vincencio fox in that plan was the legalization of weed and the decriminalizing of cocaine weed was to be industrialize and taxed coke dealers were to be fined there were other issues discussed then as well...as usual the politicians took what they wanted and threw away the rest...and if mexico is plunge into a civil war maybe then they will understand that this plan could have averted that




No, Mexico (and Canada) should both be deemed 'illegal' to the U.S.......!!





Close the Borders and get tough on Trade, And get rid of Clinton's NAFTA Agreements, they are hurting this Country badly....!!




Sure, legalize Mexico but prohibit the border




When was Mexico illegal?




If you mean legalize weed, yes.




you got that right...




yup!