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[*] posted on 9-1-2008 at 10:05 AM
NYT: 30 aug 2008 "Drug Violence Alters the Flow of Life in Mexico"


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/americas/31mexico.ht...

the link to the story is above, and yes it has just altered the flow of my personal life too recently, which is all I can say here. something has to change, this has to stop.

even though I am in the tourism industry I will put others (like an entire country) ahead of myself in discussing this serious problem and the urgent need to hold our govenrments responsible. We are doing what we can, grass roots and understand that it will take time. Nobody I speak with here agrees with the "quick fix" militarized solution that is not a solution but just the source of another problem and an open invitation to further abuse. this is a time for discussion and not mudslinging or name calling which does nothing to help. thank you for your time and I urge discussion on both sides of the border because this solution requires all of us.
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[*] posted on 9-3-2008 at 07:45 AM


You know after reading a couple of books this last winter on organized crime during the time of prohibition in the US, this situation is an almost exact parallel. There is lots of money to be made in illegal distribution and control of a marketable substance (then it was alcohol, now it is drugs), you can find lots of people who will work for you in marketing and transportation, police and public officials can be bought off, and finally, the profits are enormous. The problems of abuse and addiction are the same whether or not the substance is legal. (there was no appreciable difference between the number of alcoholics during or after prohibition)
When prohibition was repealed, some of the people actually went into legitimate business in the manufacture and distribution of alcohol and paid appropriate taxes and hired people and since they were no longer fighting the government they actually became productive citizens.
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[*] posted on 9-3-2008 at 08:01 AM


Thank you. Can you share those titles? Also I will look for translations of these into Spanish because maybe we in Mexico can learn from the past as things were during the prohibition time in the USA.
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