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Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico
(www.latintimes.com)
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Honestly, Mexico should legalise drugs and setup a legal way to get access to safe drugs and drug rehabilitation programs. If the drug cartels see Mexico as a bigger financial market than the US, illegal exports to the US could nosedive. The cost of illegal exports could be cut down to zero overnight as they could distribute legally in their own country. Surely that'll mean something.
I wonder if the drug cartels would rather go to literal war with the USA or have a legal market and keep out of the USA's hair. They could even enforce a "do not export to the US or we kill you" policy between themselves, because that would be putting their financial investments at risk.
... cartels don't want legalization. It would ruin their business model. In fact, one of the arguments for legalization is that it would destroy the cartel's money source.
Cartels have diversified their income sources to the point that if their drug income fell to 0 overnight they would still survive. Human trafficking, farming, natural resource extraction, and extortion make up very large parts of modern cartels income.
We should still legalize/decriminalize drugs to hurt the cartels, but it won't ruin them like it would have say 20 years ago.