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1) Space aliens come down and use their antimatter beams to destroy Earth’s entire drug supply; or

2) Mexico legalizes the sale and possession of ALL drugs in ALL amounts.

I agree that Mexico really wants their decrim law (they’d like one that goes much further than the one just passed allowing the possession of tiny drops of certain drugs for personal use). We agree on that. I also agree that Mexicans should not continue to die and have their lives ruined for a dumb US policy (one based on racism against dark-skinned people including Mexicans). But in the same way Barack Obama is ball-lessly beholden to the Republican Party, Mexico is will hurt itself and its citizens in order to please America. They need us to give them money, give them good/free trade status, and so many other perks that come with being a partner in the war on drugs with America.

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I disagree. I think Mexicans really, really want this decrim law and it probably does not go near far enough for most of them. They are not going to change it to please America.

I predict a sweeping victory for the PRI in the next presidential election, with a mandate to end the Cartel War. A couple more years of violence at this level, and the Mexicans will want to do anything to stop it.

Mexico is a proudly nationalistic country, and any perception that they are being pushed around by America is only going to strengthen their resolve. Tens of thousands of Mexicans die in the Cartel War every year, and for what? So American drug users have a harder time getting high?

Why the Devil should Mexicans continue to die for some dumb American policy? And the longer this goes on, the dumber that policy will seem. Between the border fence, the Cartel War, and thousands of insults, big and small, Mexicans will rightly conclude that America could care less about Mexico or Mexican lives.

And that means dumping the Cartel War and returning to the old ways of just ignoring the cartels the the corruption. Anything is better than this endless and pointless American sponsored war.

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Also, to say “US police fear” mexico’s new drug-related freedom is such bullshit. I can’t foresee any reason why the decriminalization of extremely small, personal use quantities of drugs in Mexico would cause more drugs to be brought into America. But if that actually did happen, why would US police “fear” something that means more money and forfeiture assets for US law enforcement, higher arrest records to justify their existence, and maybe even more law enforcement jobs?

Mock fear is so pathetic. When will people learn to see through it?

It’s only a matter of weeks before Mexico caves in to pressure from the US and revokes their new drug freedom law. NO WAY that law stays on the books for more than 6 weeks, tops. We’ll bomb the fuck out of Mexico if necessary. Operation Mexican Freedom. Because we don’t like their new freedoms.

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I am seriously considering collecting instances of this kind of ‘reportage’ and naming the collection (in what should be an obvious parody of certain popular violent ‘real-life’ videos) “When lapdogs PANT!” That about describes this drivel perfectly.

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As with most articles, you can tell right away how the particular AP writer feels about the drug war. I just wonder if they are fully in support of it or are out to lunch and just believe the other BS that their fellow writers write on occasion.

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As always… write those letters! And I’m sure a search of MAP’s Drugnews in the next few days will provide sources for stories to reply to as well.

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The article was entirely one-sided in favor of the state, which is normal for the AP. The mainstream media can’t sink fast enough for me. AP is going down, and they know it. The internet took their power to set the narrative and frame things from their point of view, and that power will never return.

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