Mexico leader says US shares blame for drug violence
Mexico leader says US shares blame for drug violence
Published on 3 September 2012 - 5:16pm
Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon blamed loose US gun laws and American addicts for fueling his country's drug violence as he defended his controversial anti-cartel offensive on Monday.
Presenting the final annual report of his presidency, Calderon insisted that his 2006 decision to deploy thousands of troops to round up drug traffickers was not to blame for the relentless crime wave plaguing the country.
The conservative leader, whose single six-year term ends December 1, said the wave of murders and kidnappings was linked to brutal turf wars being waged between Mexico's ultra-violent drug cartels.
But he also pointed his finger at the United States, saying criminals were able to arm themselves with powerful guns after Washington lawmakers refused to renew a law banning the sale of assault weapons such as AK-47 rifles in 2004.
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Too bloomin' true. The US has the huge pool of drug consumers who snort, inject, and smoke the stuff thugs, brutes, and murderers pass through Mexico and Central America. The US (Thanks 
to the NRA and like-minded organizations) supplies the firearms that contribute so much to the violence and lawlessness that have undermined the legal and social underpinnings of Mexican civil and political society.
I quit smoking cannabis nearly thirty years ago, mainly because the potency had gotten far stronger than I could handle. Nevertheless, I believe that those non-addicts who smoke or snort whatever ought to do what so many concerned citizens did in support of the farm workers back in the 1960's and 1970's--stop buying the product.
Making, shipping, and distributing the product is what causes so much of the mayhem in Mexico and Central America.
Addicts should get help, get treatment, and clean up their acts.
