Liberty Minute October 23 2013

 Since 2006, tens of thousands of Mexican citizens have died as a result of a full-scale civil war between drug cartels and the government. Much of the murderous mayhem has been funded and encouraged by Washington, which has provided military and intelligence aid to Mexico.

None of this has reduced the amount of narcotics flowing into the United States across the southern border. In fact, by making drug trafficking riskier, Mexico?s narcotics war has increased the profitability of smuggling, thereby creating even greater incentives for violent criminals to establish themselves in the market. Exactly the same thing happened a century ago during the exercise in cultural derangement called alcohol prohibition.

The municipal government of Mexico City recognizes the lethal illogic of drug prohibition. This is why they are considering several measures that would decriminalize marijuana consumption in the city.

Assemblyman Vidal Llerenas, who is sponsoring the legislation, observes: ?The war against drugs is a failure?. We cannot hope for a drug-free world. But we can hope to limit the damage and take the profits away from organized crime.?

Mexico City is the largest city in North America. It is to be hoped that the rationality that has broken out there will become an epidemic.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.