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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 733294" data-attributes="member: 4932">This is exactly how all organized crime has operated for many many years in this country.  The only difference between one cartel and another is the makeup of the members of the cartel (Mafia, anyone?) and which particular vice they make the money from.  Drugs, prositution, liquor, all the same.The mobs ran cities in the 20's during prohibition until we dropped prohibition and destroyed their business model.  Maybe we ought to learn from that experience and destroy the cartels' business model vis a vis drugs?  Legalize and tax.  Use the taxes to support the schmoos who can't control their addiction.  Put the rest into the general fund.  I personally don't care what vices people indulge in, as long as they don't drug and drive, or operate heavy machinery.</blockquote>