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Does American Legalization Challenge Mexican Cartels?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 06/13/2015 - 17:05

One of the ongoing rationalizations for the legalization of the drug trade in the United States has been to stop the associated crime that comes with prohibition. The drug trade across the Mexican border is one of the bloodiest on a regular basis.

What is the impact so far of American legalization of the drug highway across the Tex-Mex border?

This is a question that most for now are unwilling to prognosticate on simply because there just isn’t enough data. That said, it is clear that legalization north of the border is making a difference.  Last December, National Public Radio reported that the amount paid to Mexican growers—the source of the cartel supply—had dropped by as much as 60-70 percent in the last 2 years to $30-40 per kilo. And that was before three new American markets became legal by voter mandate in Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., this past...

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