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NM Politics.net - by Heath Haussamen - Unlike many wars, there’s nothing ideological about the drug war that has consumed Mexico and threatens the United States. The motive behind the fighting is money. Rival cartels are fighting with each other for control of supply routes into the United States, and they’re battling the Mexican government for control of the nation. With Ciudad Juárez recording its 3,000th murder of the year Tuesday – making 2010 the deadliest on record in the border city – it’s important to remember that the cause of the drug war is simple economics. We – the United States – create the demand for the product. The cartels simply slide into the role of supplying it. “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in 2009 in Mexico City. America has a ravenous appetite for drugs, legal and illegal. There’s a drug store on nearly every corner. When we have a problem, we generally don’t think about exercise, or eating better. We want to pop a pill and get on with things.
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Our addiction fuels the Mexican drug war
From NM Politics.net - by Heath Haussamen - Unlike many wars, there’s nothing ideological about the drug war that has consumed Mexico and threatens the United States. The motive behind the fighting is money. Rival cartels are fighting with each other for control of supply routes into the United States, and they’re battling the Mexican government for control of the nation. With Ciudad Juárez recording its 3,000th murder of the year Tuesday – making 2010 the deadliest on record in the border city – it’s important to remember that the cause of the drug war is simple economics. We – the United States – create the demand for the product. The cartels simply slide into the role of supplying it. “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in 2009 in Mexico City. America has a ravenous appetite for drugs, legal and illegal. There’s a drug store on nearly every corner. When we have a problem, we generally don’t think about exercise, or eating better. We want to pop a pill and get on with things. Read more
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No, our government's unconstitutional War on Drugs is the cause. No one, and especially the government has the authority to stop one from using whatever one wants. These drugs were placed on Earth by God to be used. Some abuse. Some don't. Alcohol, a waste product from a microorganism, is acceptable yet we want the government to punish for other natural substances. Remember the failed prohibition. At least then the government followed the law, got an amendment, and then with the People's permission ran booze off the shelves. But People still got whatever they wanted and certain folks became filthy rich.
Caffeine and capsaicin are cousins to cocaine. They are all alkaloids. Snorting caffeine can produce effects similar to cocaine. And having pure caffeine or capsaicin carry similar punishments yet we all drink coffee and eat chile daily.
The problem arises from misguided people, and from people who think they know better and should be allowed to control what others do. If the profits from drugs were not great, i.e. legal sources, the drive from greed would be reduced because folks could buy them next to their booze. And the violence would be reduced.
Even God doesn't try to stop you from doing drugs. God is the ultimate libertarian. He allows you free will to do what you wish, albeit leaving you to face His consequences in the end. But He lets you do what you wish.
This is not to say there should net be consequences for "pushing" drugs on others, esp to young folks and for actions under the influence that injure or endanger others. But like alcohol, there should be an age level because it is no one's business what an adult does to him/herself.
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