Legalizing Weed Has Done What 1 Trillion Dollars and a 40 Year War Couldn’t
http://www.earth-heal.com/index.php/news/news.html
6 March 2016
- The Mexican drug cartels are finally meeting their match as a wave of cannabis legalization efforts drastically reshapes the drug trafficking landscape in the United States. It turns out that as states legalize cannabis use and cultivation, the volume of weed brought across the border by Mexican drug cartels dramatically decreases — and is putting a dent in their cash flow.
A newly-released statistical report from the U.S. Border Patrol shows a sharp drop-off in cannabis captured at the border between the United States and Mexico. The reduction in weed trafficking coincides with dozens of states embracing cannabis use for both medical and recreational purposes.
In fact, as the Washington Post reports, cannabis confiscations at the southern border have stumbled to the lowest point in over a decade — to only 1.5 million pounds. That’s down from a peak of four million pounds in 2009.
Source: http://www.earth-heal.com/news/news/40-powerful-plants/2657-legalizing-weed.html
The problem on this planet is not the people breaking law’s. It’s the criminal government that makes them. What is law? An invisible barrier that holds back sheeple that can’t think for themselves from truly being free.
Oh, And one hell of a revenue raiser.
Beware the liberal doublespeak. The ‘legalization’ of weed is in all reality, an actual ‘criminalization’ of weed.
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Before legalization, the cops paid very little attention to pot offences as long as you weren’t black or otherwise criminal.
After legalization, there are now tax law ramifications for selling weed, they developed weed breathalyzers to give you DUI charges for smoking weed and driving, and eventually there will be public intoxication charges.
Why is that a problem? I don’t use pot myself, but I side with those that do. It should be legal, but should carry the same penalties as breaking laws against alcohol.
For the main story, legalization has done nothing the author claims. Legalization was never about keeping money out of cartels hands, it was about keeping the drug out of users hands. Legalization has obviously not done that.
????? That’s like giving you a speeding ticket for walking to fast on the footpath/sidewalk, they are 2 COMPLETELY different act’s. That’s the exact problem. Im not being rude to you but it’s people that think like your comment that haven’t a single clue what your talking about. Go get stoned then come back and talk to me.