According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Americans spend about $9 billion a year on Mexican marijuana. This $9 billion dollars make up 62 percent of the Mexican cartels total profits.
These two simple statistics illustrate a simple yet profound point, if weed was legal tomorrow 62 percent of the Mexican cartels' profits would be gone within a year tops. A business that looses 62 percent of it's profitability would be crippled at best as a result.
It's a pretty simple choice really. We can either ignite an all out war on the southern border with Mexican cartels wile meanwhile they continue to make that same $9 billion dollars a year that they can use to fight the US and Mexican armies. Or we can legalize cannabis in this country cut off 62 percent of the cartels' profits and resources to fight with.
What option leads to fewer deaths and less money wasted? You be the judge.
-VeganToker
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