URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n782/a02.html
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Pubdate: Sun, 26 Sep 2010
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
Copyright: 2010 Joel Olney
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Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n746/a09.html
Author: Joel Olney
CRIPPLE CARTELS
Legalize marijuana. The 40-year war on drugs has been a dismal failure
and worse. In 1972, the war on drugs was raging in towns around Mexico
City with no result except to enrich the drug cartels and kill
innocent and not so innocent folks.
The war on drugs has caused the crime that surrounds illegal products
like marijuana. Eighty percent of the cartel income comes from
marijuana sales to the United States.
It is the demand and use for drugs in the United States
that
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