It’s no shocker that Mexican drug cartels are operating within the U.S., but parents probably have no idea that their children are being targeted to aid the cartels in evading law enforcement. The cartels are paying children to do minor tasks for a small reward of maybe $50 – not the kind of first employer that parents may have envisioned. Here are the deets:
http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-drug-cartels-recruiting-texas-children-173402030.html
It’s time to legalize marijuana, duh. Here’s a good video for those who need convincing.
Now, legalization requires altering current U.S. laws, so we need to put pressure on legislators. Here are some applicable links:
White House petition site has many dealing with the weed business; this is the one with the most support so far.
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Its about time we take away the power that the drug cartels have by removing the black market. I mean who likes to deal with shady people just to get weed. Bottom line, prohibition does not work.
1. revenue–excise tax, corporations tax (dispensary), state sales tax, state income tax
2. savings–law enforcement savings
3. environment–no more national forest for grow ops, they want remote areas because it is illegal in the city, allow people to grow it, and the need for these remote, destructive locations becomes obsolete.
4. sound public policy that supports public opinion
Every year California spends $150 million to arrest, prosecute and imprison marijuana offenders. It makes more economic sense to raise money by taxing and regulating the adult use of marijuana, instead of spending money to criminalize it. Revenue raised will help pay for vital city services like schools, libraries, and health care. If adopted statewide, revenues raised could be up to $2.5 billion.
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