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How America's War On Drugs Unintentionally Aids Mexican Drug Cartels

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 17:51

As the United States government and vigilante groups continue to fight Mexican drug cartels with little direction, experts say there are unintentional consequences from the current war on drugs.

Sanho Tree, the director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, explained to HuffPost Live's Marc Lamont Hill on Tuesday that the U.S. government's drug war has been "an exercise in futility." The prohibition of these drugs, Tree said, has only increased their value.

"Things like cocaine, heroine, marijuana -- these are minimally-processed agricultural commodities," Tree said. "They're very easy to produce, these drugs. They're very cheap to produce. There's no reason they should be worth this kind of money that people are willing to kill, and torture and massacre over."

Tree also explained that vigilante militia groups, comprised of volunteers, that are intent on sealing the U.S.-Mexican border by any means necessary are actually helping...

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