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RobertoG on May 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalis...

They could solve the problem easily legalizing the traffic of drugs. What the big USA brother would say? Would it be allowed?

giancarlostoro on May 21, 2019 [–]

The cartel would not be happy. The US didnt allow Mexico itself to legalize in the 60s[0] which actually crippled the cartels market and brought and end to overdozes iirc cause people got cleaner drugs and help from government facilities.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17608261

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