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Texas Residents Fed Up With Criminal Police Bought and Paid for by the Cartels, Say Legalize Pot

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Residents and elected officials of El Paso, Texas are calling on their government to hurry up and join the other enlightened US states in decriminalizing marijuana. The city of 700,000 is across the Rio Grande from Juarez, Mexico—noted for being the murder capital of the world—and is a major conduit for violent cartels bringing in illicit marijuana.

The typical Texas answer is to saturate border towns with law enforcement and Border Patrol, putting everyone in town under constant surveillance and disrupting lives with bogus actions like arresting teenagers for smoking joints.

Despite the militarized border and harassment of the citizenry, cartels are more powerful than ever, says El Paso attorney Justin Underwood:

"The cartels are bigger and stronger than they've ever been and what have we really done that's thwarted their efforts? Nothing. I am of the opinion that human beings are going to do drugs, period. Human beings are going to drink alcohol. I accept these things as facts and as long as you have a demand you will always have a supply, no matter what."

This simple logic should cause a change in course for marijuana policy. Not to mention the fact that cannabis derivatives have proven medical benefits which are recognized by most other states in the US. Neighboring New Mexico legalized medical marijuana in 2007.

Several El Paso representatives are trying to convince the "conservative" Texas legislature to drop the 100 year crusade against a plant, in terms they should understand. Lawmakers there continually tout fiscal responsibility and personal freedom, so here is there chance to save millions of dollars and let people engage in a harmless activity, while removing a key source of revenue for Mexican cartels.


 


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