Hi Humans,
Donald Trump, one of the front runners in the Republican Primaries, recently gave building a wall on the border with Mexico as the solution to the terrible narcotics problem in the USA. It will not work. The drug traffickers will get around it. There are better solutions, but the real solutions do not fit into the mantra of humans like Cruz and Trump. They put all the blame on Mexicans and other foreigners because their constituents refuse to accept any responsibility here at home. There are two things that need to be fixed which Cruz and Trump will not acknowledge.
1. There is a huge trade in which guns that are purchased in the USA (legally in our gun anarchy) and smuggled into Mexico are traded to the Mexican Drug Cartels for narcotics that are smuggled into the USA. Tightening the gun laws in the USA will disrupt one part of that trade. But that goes against the NRA. Cruz and Trump would not do that.
2. Lack of legal access to narcotics in the USA makes them more lucrative to the criminals and removes legal competition. I would not advocate just legalizing narcotics as has been done with marijuana in Colorado and what the NRA wants with guns throughout the USA. President Obama has recently promoted spending more money on treatment programs for drug abuse. This is a key part of combatting the problem. But I would go a step further. I would decriminalize the use of narcotics. I would suggest continuing to make selling narcotics by private entities and individuals illegal, but the US government should set up facilities that sell narcotics legally at a price that undercuts the cartel prices. All money collected from those facilities would go to fighting the drug problem in treatment centers and law enforcement. Make the narcotics dealers pay for their own demise.
But what do I know? I'm just a dog. What do you think?
Chloe
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