Wednesday, February 7, 2007
News update in Mexico
So, I don't think that this will count as a newspaper article response was a hundred words or so, but I just wanted to post a little update in response to the article summary I posted regarding Mexico cracking down on drug lords. In a February 7th article in The New York Times, it is reported that an attack on an Acapulco police station resulted in the death of seven police officers. This attack is assumed to be the work of hired killers by drug mobs. To many it seems that this attack and other shootings in the past couple of days has been the result of President Calderon's sending troops into certain Mexican cities to stop the drug mobs. I wonder if attacks like this will continue in Mexico and if so, how will Calderon handle these attacks? Also, it makes me wonder if attacks like this will start popping up in other countries where their leaders have also tried to reform certain cities.
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I think that the amount of funds and time allocated to drug enforcement is ridiculous. If soft drugs (like Marijauna and Hashish) were legal, the government could regulate the quality, tax it and have it only be sold from licensed distributors. It would stimulate the economy and allow for more money to be put into rehabilitation programs. It is seriously absurd how some drugs are illegal-- Just recently, in California, a woman suffering from cancer was not allowed to have access to Marijauna, her only relief from pain and something which stimulates her appetite. Unfortunately though, we live in a puritanical society.
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