Its frankly disgusting that the US media doesn't report about this issue, its their neighbours. Maybe if they did congress would pay attention.
Yes they should legalise it, irrelevent of its potential social effects, because it would stop the violence which is the key issue here. If you didn't know you would swear that theres actually a war going on.
It would stop corruption of police and government officials who cover up for the dealers too. It would cut tax payer expenses for the 70% of prisoners who have possession or dealing charges without murder, robbery issues.
It would actually free up all that US funding that should have gone towards terrorism instead of fighting a war that cannot be won.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
