20-year-old woman MX Police Chief

[Carolina Mike II]

She made news when she was the ONLY person willing to stand up in her town to the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels. After many death threats & a possible attempted kidnapping I would not blame her for seeking help from the US seeing how she has a small child!

Since I live down here I will tell you they normally KILL (be-headings/torture) any Law Enforcement Officers that are trying to stop them. Something needs to be done down this way to protect people!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/07/marisol-valles-garcia-fired_n_832316.html

[Razzy]

I'm really surprised the drug war in Mexico hasn't gotten more attention, considering that nearly 40,000 have died and it's so close to our borders.

[g5jamz]

40,000 less that took our jerbs

I say that completely in jest. Honestly...it's not a laughing matter and not treated seriously by the majority of Americans because they don't live there.

[mmmbeans]

i honestly thought this thread was going to be hotter.

[Davidson Deac II]

Ashamed that simply legalizing pot and coke would eventually end, or at least cut way down on the casualty rate.

I will hand it to the girl, she lasted longer than I thought she would.

[JeramiahCopperfield]

Ashamed that simply legalizing pot and coke would eventually end, or at least cut way down on the casualty rate.

I will hand it to the girl, she lasted longer than I thought she would.

First (and probably last) time I'll ever agree with you.

[Davidson Deac II]

First (and probably last) time I'll ever agree with you.

Ironic, since its the first time you are right about something. ;)

[Lumps]

legalizing coke? lol yea the cartels would dissapaite but that would open up a whole set a new problems, to innocent people as well. Totally disagree, all hard drugs should be outlawed, for the safety of others. People on coke kill, seen it, lived in it.

MJ on the other had I 100% agree, I think this will kill enough of hte cartel to at least get it under control. Legalizing and regulating marijuana would help immensely, industry wise, state funding wise and crime/cartel wise.

I hear hwat you're sayin though, just legalize it and let the fools sort themselves out, problem is when the fools start aftecting, us, our lives, people who know a sense of control.

[Davidson Deac II]

legalizing coke? lol yea the cartels would dissapaite but that would open up a whole set a new problems, to innocent people as well. Totally disagree, all hard drugs should be outlawed, for the safety of others. People on coke kill, seen it, lived in it.

MJ on the other had I 100% agree, I think this will kill enough of hte cartel to at least get it under control. Legalizing and regulating marijuana would help immensely, industry wise, state funding wise and crime/cartel wise.

I hear hwat you're sayin though, just legalize it and let the fools sort themselves out, problem is when the fools start aftecting, us, our lives, people who know a sense of control.

The problem is, they already are affecting our lives. Outlawing it doesn't make it harder to get, it only makes it more profitable for bad guys. And fwiw, Liquor is every bit as hard of a drug as coke, and perhaps more damaging overall.

[Carolina Mike II]

The sad thing here in El Paso, TX is each night we see on the news how on average the cartels kill 12 people a day in the city right across the border. Last year they started running out of bullets for their guns at one point. That is when they started be-headings. Plus the new thing they have started is IED's. The US government is allowing those that live in Juarez to come into El Paso to live to get away from the violence. ONLY problem is not all of these so called victims have turned out to be victims, but rather cartel members! When you drive around EVERYWHERE there is MORE MX tags on cars than US plates. Hospitals ER's have waiting rooms packed with an average of 8-10 hrs to be seen. Case in point my son BROKE his arm 12 HOURS later we got seen. And the schools are the same way.

Something has to be done. NOT talking about being mean or treating the illegals BAD, JUST do something that is both humane & FAIR to them and US.

[Lumps]

The problem is, they already are affecting our lives. Outlawing it doesn't make it harder to get, it only makes it more profitable for bad guys. And fwiw, Liquor is every bit as hard of a drug as coke, and perhaps more damaging overall.

Agree. But, the reason I believe they are ineffective is they are trying to defend everything in a new age. In the 50s and 60s it was probably pretty easy to , maintain. But people change, the y evolve, become more liberal and free thinking if we legalized things like marijuana, psychedelic shrooms, LSD maybe even opium that would cut down ALOT of the responsibilities of foreign and internal security. The drugs, while opium may be addictive it's not a psycho drug, you don't go and kill people for it, same with mushrooms and marijuana. LSD can be dangerous but neither it nor mushrooms are not a recreational drug. These drugs are also natural (except lsd), which is why they are illegal, becasue you can produce them with little effort on your own. These I would be more open to than coke.

Coke is a dangerous drug to legalize, but yeah one who defends everything defends nothing. Doesn't mean some things aren't worth defending for, legalizing coke would effect people way too much, it would be a mass problem as it is extremely addicting drug that peoele literally die for. Just my perspective.

[Purity-Control]

Opium may be addictive it's not a psycho drug, you don't go and kill people for it,

WTF do you think Heroin comes from? :rolleyes:

legalizing coke would effect people way too much,

Yeah maybe I will finally be able to blast a few rails while I wait in line at safeway without getting stared at.

[Mr. Scot]

Somehow I have a hard time buying that the thugs, cutthroats and murderers currently running the drug cartels would just play nice or turn into respectable businessman if their product were to be legalized. Nor do I buy that it would automatically put them out of business.

They might change their methods, but they'd still be the same people.

[Johnny Rockets]

i honestly thought this thread was going to be hotter.

I was expecting to read that she was gunned down.