American Drug Users Are Partially Responsible For Thousands Of Tortures And Deaths In Mexico Yearly

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» left by Michael Ramzy ⁽⁶⁸⁶⁾
Michael Ramzy (187 days 22 hours ago.)

Well done. I think American drug users play a bigger role in the mayhem in Mexico, since without them the cartels would go . . . where? Europe? Right . . .

Still, illegal drug users won't think about this at all since they only think of that high.

Nice article.

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (187 days 19 hours ago.)

I loved your comment, “Europe? Right…”  I agree with you that most drug users will not give much thought to the facts mentioned.  But who really knows???   Thanks for commenting…

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» left by Chiradeep - The Candles ^(1,410)
Chiradeep - The Candles (187 days 18 hours ago.)

Wonderful article Steve! When people will be responsible for others life? God bless you for this article.

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (187 days 17 hours ago.)

Comments like yours makes writing articles such as this worthwhile—thank you.

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» left by Jeff Brown ^(9,086)
Jeff Brown (187 days 5 hours ago.)

Steve,

 

My wife and I were talking about this very issue. She's from Colombia, and she hates it when the first thing people say is "Oh, yeah, drugs!" They may say coffee, but it's usually drugs. Just like when Hollywood needs some action scenes they think, "Oh, yeah! drug lords in Colombia." She made an interesting comment related to your topic. Colombia wouldn't have its drug problem if all the rich Americans didn’t buy the drugs. She says that few people in Colombia have drug problems. They're too poor to buy them. Ironic, isn't it? Thanks for the enlightening article.

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (186 days 19 hours ago.)

 Thanks for writing.  I am sure your wife’s right.  There’s very little disputing that in Mexico, Americans are the main buyers and I’m assuming the same goes for Colombia.  What a shame to lump an entire country such as Colombia to just drugs when they have so much more to offer and contribute.  I appreciate your comment!

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» left by Linda DeWitt ^(1,784)
Linda DeWitt from Oregon (186 days 19 hours ago.)

Great article. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to resolve the drug problems once and for all.

Linda D

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (186 days 19 hours ago.)

Boy, it would be great resolving the issue!  Maybe one day...thanks for your comment, I appreciate it.

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» left by Anonymous (186 days 12 hours ago.)

This is how the problem has taken shape as I've watched it escalate over the past forty years (and I'm far from alone):

 

- Cocaine, heroin and marijuana are illegal.

 

- People continue to use cocaine, heroin and marijuana, as they have for many decades, in spite of the government telling them they aren't allowed to.

 

- Making and keeping drugs being illegal has been a boon to South and Central American drug cartels, and trade in the illicit poppy has profited terrorists (or so the DEA tells us...and the DEA, it must remembered, must some how justify its own budget because in the end, its employees have a paycheck to protect).

 

The solution is to make all drugs legal, and try some other way to prevent drug abuse. From where I am sitting, reading your article and the many like it, ad infinitum, is that it is not the drug use itself which is the real killer, but instead the black marketing of the drug. Cocaine and heroin cartels would be instantly undercut if the people using these substances (and by your own admission, people are using them, and if observation of the past hundred years is a reliable indicator, people will continue to use them for the next hundred years) could get them over the counter. No machine guns, no bombs, no terror, no billions of dollars to the Medellin, Al Qaeda, etc., etc.

-g

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (185 days 18 hours ago.)

Your point is well spoken and your solution is certainly an option, one that many are hoping for.  If people want to go that route, in my opinion, they ought to go out and exercise their right to try to make the changes they want; by working to change public opinion and laws that are presently in place.  Thanks for commenting on the article.

 

 

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» left by Nancy Daniels (186 days 1 hour ago.)

Steve,

 

I am so glad you wrote this.  Only last week I heard about Phoenix (I think it was this city) that is witnessing many murders because of the drugs -- much like we are seeing in Mexico and it concerns me.  Unless something is seriously done to prevent what is happening, it will continue to get worse.

 

Thank you for a job well done.

 

Nancy

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (185 days 18 hours ago.)

Thanks for writing Nancy.  Yes, I’ve been hearing that drug related (dealers etc.) crime is trickling over the border into the U.S.  You know…I have no idea what solution is finally going to work one day to stop this problem.

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» left by Teresa Ortiz ^(12,195)
Teresa Ortiz (185 days 9 hours ago.)

HI Steve,

 

Great points. I wish the solution was as easy as just stop using. But it's far beyong -- There are people who will never stop being greedy so they will not stop selling the drugs - then you have those who are hooked of the hard drugs. Their life is a mess, they have lost all hope, therefore, the last thing on their mind is the fact that they are partly responsible for innocent death's. By the time they are hooked, they have already lied, cheated and stolen. It is a vicious cycle of greed and despair, each feeding of each other. As I mentioned before, it all goes back to the heart of man. I think I am going to write about it. Your articles always bring me back to this :-)

 

Blessings to you! Teresa

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (184 days ago.)

Thanks Teresa,

Maybe that’s the true solution, changing the heart of people.  You have a good heart, keep on doing what you are doing—I’m sure your changing hearts for the better—all my best Teresa.

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» left by Anonymous (183 days 7 hours ago.)

An interesting article, Steve, thanks for writing this one! Just as interesting are the various viewpoints of readers. 

 

Personally, I fail to see how legalizing drugs in America will reduce, combat, abolish-call it what you'd like-crime, deaths, and drug cartels. What's wrong with America? Where have our values, morals and ethical standards gone? Legalizing drugs in America will, in essence, condone drug use among American citizenry--I'm shaking my head as I think about this. Legalizing drugs in America will open up a free market for what researchers and the like know IS fact--the damaging effects they leave behind (I'll make an assumption I do not need to elaborate in this area). Ah, to legalize drugs--now THAT would be Capitalism at it's finest.

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» left by Anonymous (181 days 17 hours ago.)

Thanks for your comment—it seems that many, if not a majority yet, want marijuana legalized — so I believe, it has a good chance for legalization in the near future (next 10 years).  However, I believe the opinion of most people in regards to hard drugs is much different.  I don’t know what will eventually work to keep people from using and abusing drugs, not to mention the violence that goes hand in hand with it.  Someday, someone may find the way to go...the solutions…maybe you!  Thanks for writing.

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» left by Anonymous (174 days 12 hours ago.)

Yes drug use is a fact. What will legalizing it change, then, you ask (and you did ask)? Firstly, it takes the criminality out of what is intrinsically a human sickness, no more abominable than alcoholism, or even cigarette addiction. The only reason these people are criminals at all is because, well, there is a law against their particular addiction, but perhaps not against your addiction of choice.

Secondly, and most of all, legalizing drugs undercuts the traffickers. You implied that people would continue to sell drugs no matter what? Well, how about if the value of that product were reduced to, say, what coffee and tobacco are? What are the statistics related to violent "coffee" or "cigar" cartels, I wonder? When is the last time the news reported violent criminal activity in Phoenix over a cup o' joe? The difference? Prohibition.

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» left by Susan Thom ^(11,833)
Susan Thom (182 days 22 hours ago.)

hi steve,

 

"the love of money is the root of all evil" it's really as simple as that.

 

marijuana has been around forever, and so far, there are no statistics saying smoking it causes one to lose control, as in driving a car, such as a drug such as alcohol does.

 

i think it's all backwards. it's legal to drink in a bar, and as long as you handle yourself well. you keep getting drinks, get in your car at the end of the night, and kill a whole family on the way home...but it's legal.

 

a plant such as mairijuana is less harmful it seems, with many of the same results as being on some prescription drugs-forgetfulness, etc., however heroin is an evil that has taken millions because of it's stronghold on the masses, who forget what they're doing, share needles, get HIV, and then suffer when they come down with it in it's last stages.

 

i think the key is, there is no key.

 

when people begin to realize their self esteem, their "feeling good", their pride, comes from within, and not from what they ingest, drug consumption will go way down, although, i don't foresee that happening. some people take vacations to escape, some go on retreats, some smoke cigarettes, some have a few drinks to unwind, and some do drugs. why they do drugs is the key element that needs to be addressed.

i quit drinking 16 years ago, because i knew i was using it as a crutch, a destructive one at that. i had to do a lot of soul searching and reading and changing, until i felt better sober, than not.

if we could address the mechanics of doing drugs, maybe we could make some headway. (it's all in the head:)

thanks for sharing,

my best regards,

sue thom

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» left by Steve Kovacs ^(4,541)
Steve Kovacs (182 days 18 hours ago.)

Thanks for writing Sue.  I believe that to come to any type of real solution to drug or alcohol abuse really must come from within people themselves.  Possibly someone enlightening them, helping them find different healthy diversions etc. on a large scale is the answer.  Who, what or how, I have no idea!

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