Pubdate: Mon, 16 Dec 2013
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Copyright: 2013 J. Fred Hart Jr.
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Author: J. Fred Hart Jr.

COMPLICIT IN DEATHS

Recently there was a story of Mexican Bishop Miguel Patino Velazquez,
who is heroically battling the drug gangs who are inflicting death and
destruction upon the Mexican people to such an extent that the rule of
law itself is jeopardized. What wasn't said but should have been is
that it is Americans who are responsible for this violence and chaos.

It is Americans who are consuming the marijuana, the methamphetamine,
the cocaine that the drug cartels are producing. I believe American
drug users, thus, are directly responsible for the death of Mexicans;
the blood of these Mexicans is on their hands.

All of this is directly relevant for Arkansans in that we are, once
again, confronted with the misbegotten idea that we should legalize
marijuana. The predictable, nay inevitable, result likely will be an
increase not only in the consumption of marijuana, but also (since
marijuana is a gateway drug) of hard drugs. Which, in turn, will fuel
the Mexican drug cartels and (thus) the violence in Mexico.

So: When you are confronted by one of these petitioners, reflect on
this fact: You are contributing, whether you like it or not, to
Mexican drug deaths. You sign; a Mexican dies. Reflect on that.

J. FRED HART JR. Little Rock 
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