Legalizing Cannabis Has Done What 1 Trillion Dollars And A 40 Year War Couldn’t
By Nick Bernabe
ActivistPost.com
MARCH 5, 2016
The $1 trillion War on Drugs launched by President Nixon in 1971 created the Mexican drug cartels. Now, legalizing cannabis is killing them.
The Mexican drug cartels are finally meeting their match as a wave of cannabis legalization efforts drastically reshapes the drug trafficking landscape in the United States. It turns out that as states legalize cannabis use and cultivation, the volume of weed brought across the border by Mexican drug cartels dramatically decreases — and is putting a dent in their cash flow.
A newly-released statistical report from the U.S. Border Patrol shows a sharp drop-off in cannabis captured at the border between the United States and Mexico. The reduction in weed trafficking coincides with dozens of states embracing cannabis use for both medical and recreational purposes.
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