EquinocZIHo Otoñal

I don't know how many times I have said this, but here it is one more time.

I think governments lets these cartel types deal in drugs because if they took it away, it would be open season on everything else.
Even MORE: Extortion, human trafficking, kidnaping and whatever the scum of the earth can come up with to "F" with everyone else.

THIS is why I say you have to kill them ALL!

CARRY ON>

So are you advocating extra-judicial executions? Would this be administered by a non-governmental vigilante organization?

Removing the profit motive by making recreational pharmaceuticals legal would not end other forms of crime but it sure would take a huge bite out of their outsized profits.

EXACTLY! But there will be a point of no return. Think of how long it took the U.S. government to deal with the mafias that arose because of Prohibition 1.0, which only lasted how long, 13 years? Then extrapolate that into a mafia that has been allowed to operate for much much longer and with much higher profits. For the USA the status quo is a WIN-WIN. They make billions selling firearms to criminals AND they get the stupidly banned drugs they want with lots of palms greased along the way. Their "war on drugs" shifted to Mexico and other nations after the 70's when the dead bodies were piling up on U.S. streets and shown daily on U.S. news, hurting the images of politicians.