High_Gravity
Belligerent Drunk
So you in effect are arguing that we shouldn't legalize drugs because you are afraid it will piss off the drug cartels?
Really? They are going to take on the full might of the american military? Do you think the cartels are going to scare people into buying illegal drugs at higher prices rather than the cheaper legal drugs because they are afraid of the cartels? Do you think the government will let terrorist activities on our soil or against americans pass without retaliation?
If drugs are legal the cartels will just move on to something else, like sex slavery, money laundering etc etc even though they won't make as much money, if drugs are legal I don't see the cartels putting down their guns and going legit.
Yes they will, but the market for those things is orders of magnitude smaller then the appetite for drugs. The drug laws are quite literally a license to print money. The drug lords have so much money they can buy virtually anything they nedd or have problems killed. Take that away from them and they lose a considerable amount of their ability to corrupt the governments of the world.
Just look at Prohibition, that witnessed the creation of organized crime. The gangs that were created back then still exist today but now they traffic drugs. That is your model.
Once alcohol was legalised they needed to villify something else so they could continue making money for nothing. And drugs was it.
You are exactly right, I guess my question is after the drugs, what will be the new thing that comes out? back in the 20's during prohibition there was not nearly as many drugs as there are now, and once they legalized alcohol they thought that would be it.