The only real solution is to declare a real war on the Cartels and seal our borders with U.S. Marines that use military tactics including shooting those who attempt to cross into the U.S.
By Trey Rusk
Just the fact that the U.S. Government calls it a war on drugs, doesn’t make it a war. More like a series of skirmishes. The border fence didn’t work. INS/Customs lost more employees for corruption in the last five years than ever before. U.S. drug task forces have had numerous members arrested. Just look at the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The Sheriff of Hildago County and his son who was assigned to a task force were both arrested along with several other officers for protecting drug loads for money.
We already know that Mexico is corrupt from top to bottom. Many would be surprised to know that the corruption has readily spread to U.S. law enforcement. Houston officers have been arrested for protecting drug loads. Most recreational pot smokers don’t realize that people are dying getting the pot across the border and when it arrives then local distribution networks kill each other over territory, drugs and money.
There is a failure of the U.S. Government to enforce the pot laws but the cow is already out of the gate. Go to Mendocino County in California. The grow houses are like factories. The local economy depends of the production and sale of marijuana. It is a cash business and mercenaries are employed to transport the cash to the banks. I know this because one of them is a friend of my son from when they served in special forces together.
The ruthless cartels also kidnap, murder and smuggle aliens. Then when the smuggled illegal aliens are in place they force them into the drug business by threatening to kill their relatives in Mexico. Pot is really no longer the problem. We lost that war. Meth is the biggest problem because local cookers couldn’t compete with Mexican Cartels and now they have taken over smuggling a better quality product for less money.
Using Japan as an example is ridicules. Yes they have a good criminal justice system, but their demand for drugs is low. However, they are just as crooked when it comes to depleting the oceans of endangered wildlife for the insatiable demand of their citizens. Treaties have been broken over killing whales, sharks and tuna and it still continues. Once again, supply and demand.
The U.S. will never stop the demand. It can seal the borders and stop the smuggling. That will not happen because it would negatively effect the free trade and commerce between our countries and it would also stop the illegal money that has wormed it’s way into the legitimate economy.
The real culprit here is a failure of parental education. While many parents do the best they can, they can only hope for the best. And all the educational drug programs cannot stop teens from using drugs, tobacco and alcohol. In fact, nothing can stop it. The demand will always be there whether pot is legalized or not. It doesn't really make a difference. People are going to do what they want.
The only real solution is to declare a real war on the Cartels and seal our borders with U.S. Marines that use military tactics including shooting those who attempt to cross into the U.S. Until the U.S. does this, then street cops will continue to take down small dealers, correctional institutions will still have drugs smuggled in and teens will continue to get high.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This op-ed was written in rebuttal to my post War on Drugs: Not Won, Not Lost Either (1-25-15)
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