People use drugs regardless. thats why the drug trade exists. By legalizing it we are at least able to make the drugs somewhat safer. The important thing is to keep prices the same. By making them cheaper it may encourage people to use them more frequently. But take all that money as a drug tax and use it for something good. At least that way there will be something positive about the drug problem. Moreover the cartels will cease to exist. America could just produce it domestically or go through separate legitimate suppliers.

The only real solution would be to stop the prohibition of drugs. But just like it's hard to make people who only read about "killer games" understand that banning killer games does not help stopping shooting rampages, it's hard to make people who are not really familiar with the problem of drugs understand that drug prohibition simply causes more trouble than it solves.

I think your arguments are quite typical for people who are for the prohibition of drugs.

Stopping the prohibition of drugs wouldn't mean that drugs aren't a big danger. They are, and in my opinion it's rather ridiculous to think that with drugs legalized lots of people would start taking hard drugs like crystal meth or heroine because of the legalization they think that these drugs are now safe, while for decades they heard how they ruined thousands of peoples lifes.

Even the amount of people taking soft drugs would actually decrease. It's a well known fact that generally speaking the number of drug users in a country is the higher the more strict a country fights drugs. Take the US for example, very hard anti-cannabis laws on the one hand and probably the highest number of cannabis consumers in the whole world on the other hand. And then look at the netherlands: The only country in Europe where cannabis is pretty much legalized, but it has pretty much the lowest percentage of cannabis consumers in all of Europe. Their biggest problem are the many drug tourists who come to netherlands because cannabis is forbidden in their own country.

In practice, most of the problems related to drugs do not come from the drugs themselves, but from the prohibition of drugs. Tenthousands killed in drug wars only because drugs can make huge profits because they're illegal. The biggest problem drug users who fall out of society and start getting criminal have is that they need ridiculous amounts of money because the drugs are so overpriced because of their illegal status. And if you want to take drugs, it's easy to get them, but there's a high chance of getting in contact with criminals and people who are a really bad influence. And there's always the problem of ruining your health because illegal drugs are usually cut with shit you wouldn't really want to consume.

Just like alkohol and cigarettes, drugs are bad, but prohibition is exactly the wrong way to solve the problem. Unfortunately we are probably not going to see a policy soon because drugs being illegal is very important to intelligence services like the CIA.

Why should Nato countries pay for an army to solve problems in Mexico?

Mexico should abolish its healthcare to pay for an army that can fix their problematics.

Or they could invest in a nuclear bomb and level the place.

Napoleon wouldn't be proud of your saying.

Napoleon was against drugs?

Drugs are ok because they're weapon. As long as them are being spread outside of US, Mexico or not, it's fine.

Legalize the consumption of all drugs. It has lead to a drop in drug use, crimes related to drug consumption,  deaths from consumption, and a fall in drug related HIV contraction. Really a poster boy for the drug legalization campaign.

No. He was ok about invading other countries under any kind of excuses.

You mean light drugs like marijuana? Or even heroine?

But it's still illegal to sell drugs there, isn't it?

Being Canadian I am already aware of alot of the anti-american ideologies. I myself am not really pro-american I think the political system is corrupt and that they use everyone. Also Colonization as a Canadian I am simpathetic to the idea of colonization. Of course I am not native american but I am also not British, French,American or Russian (Who colonized Canada). Honestly I love my country and don't mind the colonization. Could be because I myself come from an imigrant family that came to Canada from Holland. But I do understand why South America doesn't particularily like America, Britian , France.

I think South America forgets Russia, who I'd argue did alot more colonial things then America does. Look at Brazil and Cuba, or today with their alliances with Venezuela. Yet most of the complaints are about the USA. Thats what I don't understand why South American's seem to hate the US more then they do Russia who tried to communise south america.

In the end I think Columbia is a great example of what the US could do in Mexico. FARC killings have dropped and the drug trade is in remission. Yes drugs are coming from other countries now but it has been a success in Columbia. Also as I said I know missionaries who have gone to Columia and they have told stories of how much the Columbians love Americans (&Canadians).

Now yes the free trade issue is definatly pissing off south american's and many countries don't like the US's military intervention in Columbia. But the US has definatly succeeded in reducing militant activity. Also Columbia without the US would likely have been invaded by Venezuela. Hugo Chavez deployed massive amounts of troops and fighter jets and weaponry on the border. If the US wasn't their as a deturrent Columbia would have likely been invaded.

Essentially the US intervention in Columbia has helped dampen an insurgency returning some sort of peace and civil order. They have won the hearts and minds of many Columbians and lets not forget they helped prevent a few wars in South America.