25 Mar 09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7963292.stm
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US must take part of the blame for drug-related violence in Mexico.
Speaking as she arrived in Mexico, she said the US's appetite for drugs and its inability to stop arms crossing the border were helping fuel the violence.
Her two-day visit comes a day after the Obama administration announced new measures to boost border security.
Some 8,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico over the past two years.
On Tuesday, the White House unveiled a $700m (£475m) strategy that includes boosting security on the border, moves to stem the flow of illegal guns and drug profits from the US into Mexico, and steps to cut domestic drug consumption.
Speaking to reporters accompanying her to Mexico City, Mrs Clinton said: "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade".
Any opinions on this?
26 Mar 09
Originally posted by generalissimoYeah, I agree with Hillary to a certain degree. It is the drug-satiated Americans who desire cheap drugs from Mexico who keep the cocaine-railroad chugging along with marijuana, crystal meth, etc. I also blame my government because it has not done SQUAT to secure our borders to a point where guns cannot go to Mexico and drugs and illegal aliens cannot come to the US. Don't anybody come on here and tell me that our border can't be secured, 'cause I'll tell you Bullchit!!!! If we can secure the border in Korea, we can secure our own border.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7963292.stm
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US must take part of the blame for drug-related violence in Mexico.
Speaking as she arrived in Mexico, she said the US's appetite for drugs and its inability to stop arms crossing the border were helping fuel the violence.
Her two-day visit c ...[text shortened]... aid: "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade".
Any opinions on this?
26 Mar 09
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungI say legalize marijuana and tax it. It is less of an evil than alcohol in my opinion. We cannot legalize cocaine, meth, heroin, etc. because they are too addicting. The European experiment has not convince me that heroin and other hard drugs should be legalized.
Yes, PROHIBITION does cause these sorts of problems, as we all know,
26 Mar 09
Originally posted by dystoniacThe European experiment?
I say legalize marijuana and tax it. It is less of an evil than alcohol in my opinion. We cannot legalize cocaine, meth, heroin, etc. because they are too addicting. The European experiment has not convince me that heroin and other hard drugs should be legalized.
26 Mar 09
Originally posted by Sam The ShamYour biggotry and simple mind is simply out of this world!
Yeah it's all America's fault that Mexican criminals are so violent. Mexico isn't responsible for any of it's problems.
Of course Mexico has fault. What Hillary did is to recognize that this problem is a shared problem, not what you said with a really sad attempt to irony, our deal "special" friend.
When the two countries realize that they're partners and not enemies, and that problems (as well as solutions) are shared, then something effective can be done.
Honest and hardworking people on both sides of the border are suffering for the cancer of drug consumption and trafficking, so what is needed both in Mexico and in the U.S. is to recognize that is a shared problem and to fight it TOGETHER, not people with your childish attitude.
26 Mar 09
Originally posted by CombatKarambitThe problem is not what the drugs will do to you, the problem is what the drugs will make you do to other people and property.
Legalize every drug and tax it. Including meth and heroin and cocaine.
People have the absolute right to take whatever they want into their bodies.
And laws trying to stop it have never worked, as we clearly see today.
Trust me, you won't be getting the 21 gun salute if you fall out somewhere from a drug overdose.
26 Mar 09
Originally posted by Scotty70But will legalization result in a higher use? Cannabis is easily available in Holland (though not legal), yet it's used less on a per capita basis than in the US - and this is for a relatively harmless drug.
The problem is not what the drugs will do to you, the problem is what the drugs will make you do to other people and property.
Trust me, you won't be getting the 21 gun salute if you fall out somewhere from a drug overdose.
26 Mar 09
Originally posted by Scotty70But this is exactly what we're doing right now and it's not working. Legalizing all drugs and taxing them would destroy the (violent) drug underground economy.
The problem is not what the drugs will do to you, the problem is what the drugs will make you do to other people and property.
Trust me, you won't be getting the 21 gun salute if you fall out somewhere from a drug overdose.
27 Mar 09
Originally posted by SeitseGood point. Yo, did you ever go to youtube and watch the video "Mexican Raidio" by Wall of Voodoo? Watcha think?
Your biggotry and simple mind is simply out of this world!
Of course Mexico has fault. What Hillary did is to recognize that this problem is a [b]shared problem, not what you said with a really sad attempt to irony, our deal "special" friend.
When the two countries realize that they're partners and not enemies, and that problems (as we ...[text shortened]... ze that is a shared problem and to fight it TOGETHER, not people with your childish attitude.[/b]