Are my peers indirectly supporting the violence in Mexico?
I am a high school student in Dallas, TX. Marijuana is everywhere. By buying pot from small scale, school drug dealers, are fun loving, harmless students supporting the terrible events in Mexico? What percentage is marijuana out of all the drugs being imported into the U.S.? What percentage of marijuana in the U.S. is grown in the U.S.?
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1 :
now days with all the border crack down, more is grown over here than ever before like 70% last time i've heard. may be different in TX
2 :
Yes, every time someone is murdered or raped by drug dealers, their blood is on your hands.
3 :
no peers are not supporting violence. the drugs from mexico are coke and hard line drugs. most maryjo is from the USA other countries grow hashish
4 :
This time of the year, almost all mary jane is brought in from mexico. Around September or October, the main US crop us being harvested. But, back to your question, yes, their helping the mexican drug dealers. Shame on them. Hopefully they'll live long enough to regret their actions.
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Yes. Drugs are not sold because someone is interested in making sure that you're having a good time getting high. Drugs are sold to make money. And the money made from drugs does not stop at small time dealers. Drugs are an industry, an underground economy, and you are supporting the entire system even when purchasing from a small scale distributor. Another fact about marijuana is that it is known as a gateway drug which can lead to substances that are addictive, such as alcohol or heroin. A lot of money is made with those substances, so once again, buying marijuana adds to the culture of supporting people who make money from illegal drugs. The problem of supporting a drug economy does not stop at illegal substances. We should also consider the support we give to legal drugs such as tobacco, or even pain killers.
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