On March 2nd Federal Police intercepted 15 tons of marijuana from Mexico. It’s the second largest weed bust in history. The shipment was labeled “mattresses and cushions” and seemed suspicious to the cops,so they checked it and found 31,598 pounds and had a street value of 18.96 million dollars. An interesting fact is that the biggest pot bust was in 2013 in Southern California from Mexico, and it was 17.6 tons.
Will these type of Mexican pot busts decrease or increase with the legalization of pot smoking in some states but not others?
Weed is viewed differently by so many people. I am proud that the Federal Police found this, only because it is drug trafficking and smuggling. They did justice, but how can the Police keep this from happening more times? This is a very hard question to answer, but the only way I see it stopping is if the bigger items get searched when crossing borders. It will take more effort but in the long run take out the drug traffickers who often use the funds to commit other illegal acts.
Washington D.C just legalized recreational marijuana and there’s a lot of controversy between Congress and the City government over this issue. I don’t agree that US citizens should get in trouble with weed in US borders, because it is an organic plant. It is also a medicine that relieves stress and helps cancer. Do you see alcohol having any medical properties? In fact alcohol has zero positive benefits.
The government is following through with their duties and that’s good, because responsibility is number one but if the Prohibition era of alcohol brought organized crime then the prohibition of pot can do the same. What if it was all legalized and regulated? Would law enforcement resources be used more effectively?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/02/us/marijuana-seizure/index.html
alexskates59 • Mar 23, 2015 at 1:33 pm
This has always been a problem between state and federal governments on whether or not marijuana should be legalized and even though it has been legalized for medical and recreational use in few states it remains illegal on a federal level because of trafficking and other crimes that come along with it. I do not really believe there is a way the federal government can fully legalize this drug because of the other crimes associated with it but it definitely work on the state levels if people are using it in their homes, obtaining it legally, and not harming others in any way. If the federal government wanted it legalized they would have to have full control over its distribution and production, otherwise smuggling and other crimes to get it across borders will never cease because of the profit margin from it since it is still not obtainable at a federal level.
lex • Mar 23, 2015 at 11:39 am
Personally, I think weed should be legal. There has been so many “pot bust” and the government hasn’t done much to stop them. Why not just make a plant legal that stress relives and cures people?
Regan • Mar 20, 2015 at 2:14 pm
In my opinion, laws against marijuana should just be completely abolished. The government is just wasting time and money in their efforts to get weed off of the streets.. It just isn’t possible. And it is even more a waste of time because of the fact of how safe cannabis is and the benefits many people receive from it. There really is no sensible explanation for why anyone should have to spend years behind bars for possessing a piece of nature. I am happy to see the progression of medical legalization in certain states, but there are people in other states with the same problems.. and they could end up in jail for trying to help themselves the same way that the guy on the other side of the state line does “legally” or whatever.
bunbun • Mar 20, 2015 at 10:27 am
Weed to me isn’t a drug, its medicine.