The US media does not care about these deaths, probably because the dead are brown, Spanish speakers. No wonder much of the world thinks we are selfish racists.
We are exporting the drug prohibition war. I will bet you that the US is picking up a large part of the monetary costs of this violence. The US certainly threatened Mexico when Mexico tried to legalize all prohibited drugs.
When alcohol prohibition was in effect, the US got upset at the deaths of 7 people in the Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago. But, if the drug enforcement of prohibition is in Mexico, it is OK that THOUSANDS of people are dead.
We think we are protecting our children from drugs by doing this. We ignore the fact that, when the drugs reach the US, the US drug dealers prefer to use children to sell the drugs. This is because teenage boys are often reckless, and the sentences for teenagers are usually lighter, so the teenagers are less likely to rat on their bosses.
Teenagers can get illegal drugs easier than they can get alcohol. This is because sellers of illegal drugs do not care who they sell to. Sellers of alcohol are afraid to sell to teenagers because they could lose the right to sell alcohol.
Can we at least try to pass HR 2306, which would remove the federal prohibition of marijuana? Can we also put pressure on our government to let Mexico make its own decision regarding the prohibition of drugs?
If you do not believe my analysis, please watch the PBS Ken Burn's documentary on the prohibition of alcohol. Just substitute "raves" for "speakeasies" and "drug dealer" for "bootlegger". See if we are not repeating history.
We do not even have the excuse of not remembering history.
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