US and Latin America
This article from the Economist talks about the evolving relationships with the United States and the rest of the Americas. The view of US power and ultimate authority is shifting in the eyes of 100 wise men and women, whom are presidents, eminences and ambassadors for the United States and Canada and Latin America. A report by Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue reveals, that most countries in Latin America are seeing the US as "less and less relevant to their needs--and with declining capacity to propose and carry out strategies to deal with the issues that most concern them." One of the issues involves legalizing/decimalizing drugs in attempt to reduce violence cause by them. Another is is immigration, Mexico feels the US had been unreasonably strict about protecting their borders.
4 comments:
I do not see the United States legalizing drugs any time soon. It would be great to reduce violence in the area, but the hard pressed anti-drug stigma that encompasses the US from the Reagan Administration will be hard, if not impossible to change.
As time goes by hopefully it will be easier to see that the government could earn taxes by legalizing drugs instead paying people to destroy them.
I don't think America will legalize drugs because of the effect they can have on society. From their perspective, there is no true benefit to legalization (even if they do receive taxes) because it can lead to a less productive workforce. That is the last thing that a state wants.
As long as there is demand for a product, it will be supplied whether in the open or the black market. I guess if the workforce decides to be less productive, they don't need drugs to be legalized in order to get them. They can still get them illegally. I think legalizing the drugs will help the US monitor their flow.
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