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Comrade Tovya said:In principal, I agree with you.  I'd rather be riding with a "high" driver than a "drunk" driver any day of the week.

But from experience, I know that smoking a little bud is a lot more intoxicating per se than drinking a few beers.

So, what I am saying is, then in both of their worst states, being "high" is better.  But assuming that both are used in moderation, I feel much better about alcohol.

As for the cartels, I have always advocated violent opposition.  I don't think the US government should sit back idly and wait for foreign governments to crack down on the cartels.  I think the US armed forces should go to defcon 1 against them.  We've jacked with the cartels long enough.  The Mexican and Columbian governments have had problems fighting them because of corruption.  More often than not, these governments armed forces are being bought of by the cartels.  And the CIA is almost as bad as them.  The CIA is the most corrupt and disgusting agency in the United States.

That's why I say we try something completely new.  Treat the war on drugs like the war on terror.  Send in the armed forces, full force and annihilate the cartels.

The cartels are not in hiding by any means.  The drug lords have mansions/compounds whose locations are well known.  In the past we've just respected the sovereignty of the nations that host the cartels.  I say forget that, and literally invade the cartels' safe zones, clean them out, and then leave.

You sincerely advocate the use of military force against drug cartels as a means to end the propagation of illegal drugs? Not only would that be impossible (we would have to violate the sovereignty of nearly every Central and South American state), it would be ineffective. It would be similar to Hercules attempting to defeat the Lernaean Hydra; you eliminate one head, two more replace it. The most effective solution is to legalize drugs. Here is a summary of an interview Milton Friedman gave advocating the decriminalization of drugs; he makes a compelling and convincing argument.