Calderón and Legalization
While it is true, as Jacob Sullum puts it, On Drug Policy, Mexico's President Has a Bigger Vocabulary Than Ours, it is also true as the headline at Gancho puts it he has Problems with the Legalization Debate (specifically in terms of popular opinion in Mexico).
While it is true, as Jacob Sullum puts it, On Drug Policy, Mexico’s President Has a Bigger Vocabulary Than Ours, it is also true as the headline at Gancho puts it he has Problems with the Legalization Debate (specifically in terms of popular opinion in Mexico).
h/t: Chris Lawrence and Greg Weeks for the links.
There seems to be a problem with what is going on with our southern neighbor. While this President seems unwilling to do anything about it no matter what the damage to our nation, he will not be President forever. Our next President might just place a large military force close to the border with about 1000 abrams tanks. If Mexico cannot control the drug cartels and they intrude on our soil there is precident to take matters into our own hands like we did with Poncho Villa. Mexico was not a country until established by Spain. Mexican is not a race.
In fact, it´s not so easy. Colombia managed to curb SOME of the drug cartels because these were located inside the rainforest. But in Mexico these cartels operates in the cities(That´s the reason that no one in Rio de Janeiro controls these cartels. By the way, several civilians are being killed by military operations in the favelas).
By the way, Mexican problems began when Calderon decided to take decisive action against the cartels.
Mexico’s had problems for a long time.
Although things have improved over the years, there is still rampant corruption in local, state, and federal governments across the country. It’s impossible for the Mexican government (or the governments of the various states for that matter) to implement any effective change without getting a handle on the corruption.