Crime is among the most urgent concerns facing Mexico, as Mexican drug trafficking rings play a major role in the flow of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transiting between Latin America and the United States. Drug trafficking has led to corruption, which has had a deleterious effect on Mexico’s Federal Representative Republic. Drug trafficking and organized crime have also been a major source of violent crime in Mexico.

Mexico has experienced increasingly high crime rates, especially in major urban centers. The country’s great economic polarization has stimulated criminal activity in the lower socioeconomic strata, which include the majority of the country’s population. Crime continues at high levels, and is repeatedly marked by violence, especially in Monterrey, Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo, Michoacan, and the state of Sinaloa. Other metropolitan areas have lower, yet still serious, levels of crime. Low apprehension and conviction rates contribute to the high crime rate.

In this documentary Ross Kemp follows some of the most dangerous drug running routes on the US/Mexico border. A grim reminder of what has happened since Calderon decided to “take on the cartels”. It’s not rocket science. The more enforcement. The more fractured the drug gangs are. This may seem like a good thing to those fighting “The Drug War” however there are some very serious consequences which have come as a result. The escalation of violence from the Mexican government has destabilized what were previously gang turf. This means that as the police take control of one section, the gangs must move into someone elses turf in order to continue their business. The second effect is that by decreasing supply the police are also raising the price of the products so the gangs end up making more money off of a product if there is more stringent enforcement.

CNN piece on legalizing marijuana under the Obama administration. 15 million people have admitted to using marijuana in the last month. 40 percent of all drug arrests are for marijuana.

Is the world really that cynical? Yes. Unfortunately it is. During the crack epidemic in the 1980s numerous government officials have come forward exposing the Us government (mainly the CIA) for funneling crack into the US in order to fund their proxy wars. Don’t take my word for it. See what the government officials say for themselves. The very same government which brought you the drug war was at the very same time smuggling bombers full of coke into the US.

Amazing debate on Fora.Tv about the real costs of Marijuana prohibition. Richard Lee absolutey PWNS the Police Chief concerning the the insanity of the current drug laws. Skip to 2:50 to get past the same old prohibitionist love song.

Bill Hicks deserves all of our admiration. This man was telling it like it was way before anyone else. I still remember the first time my roomate introduced me to him. I wasn’t really into stand up comedy, but for the first time, I felt like I had met someone who viewed the world exactly the same way I did.