Pubdate: Wed, 23 Jul 2014
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2014 The Dallas Morning News, Inc.
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Author: Gilbert White
Page: 18A

U.S. SUPPORTING DRUG CARTELS

No one seems to want to face up to the bad policies and laws that have
created our latest immigration problems on our southern border.
Starting in 1937 with the prohibition of marijuana and all other
recreational drugs thereafter, America has funded all the drug cartels
in Mexico and Central and South America to such an extent that they
are more powerful than the governments in those countries.

These cartels have destroyed the economies in these countries and
created such violence and lawlessness that the refugees from these
countries are fleeing here for safety and economic opportunity.
Remember that alcohol prohibition fueled organized crime in America
previous to this prohibition of drugs. We didn't seem to learn from
the previous mistake. Easy, feel-good legislation is not always a good
thing. We created this problem!

Gilbert White, Ennis
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