Hillary Clinton admits US role in Mexico drug wars

That was great! It appears that no one in the gov. making the laws dares to make a real move on this. What exactly are they afraid of?

plusaf...I can't think of one thing you've said that isn't true. Except maybe your wife's nap time.....my nap time is 12:30 to 3:00. But maybe if mine were 3-6, I wouldn't fall asleep at 6:30.

Prohibition in the U.S. failed miserably from 1920-1933. Not only did people keep imbibing, but the allure of drinking illegal alcohol increased its demand so much that organized crime was able to cement itself within our society. The war against alcohol was a miserable failure & that anyone who wanted a drink had little or no problem getting one.

Hasn't our gov't learned anything from this textbook example that human behavior cannot be legislated? Apparently not as a similar scenario has been allowed to play itself out for years, except with different drugs. Now the Feds have a tiger by the tail & don't know how to or even want to let go. The so-called war on drugs is big business for law enforcement & their penal contractors.

How much longer can we as citizens watch & allow this expensive, misguided & deadly failure under our current laws? The Feds or the states need to legalize, regulate & control these substances like it does with everything else we ingest. Until substantive changes are made, expect more of the same old BS that will continue to strengthen these gangs & ramp up a domestic war that we can't win.

"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." ~ Edmund Burke

I figure the only things likely to cause a major negitive life-changing change in my life is a major illness or a major accident.

Granted, that just living involves risk, but...

I don't see how legallizing drugs reduces the likelihood of some irresponcible stoned driver crashing into me.

There's enough idiots in the world already without letting them buy drugs at the cornerstore.

Here's a solution. Make them legal

"80% of Assault Weapons seized in Mexico originate in Texas."

If the prohibition of drugs does not stop the production and consumption of drugs then how can tighter restrictions on firearms stop something that is already prohibited by law?

Here’s another thing to consider, less that 2% of the firearms purchased at gun shows or flea markets are used in crimes.

The best solution is to make the illicit drugs legal and impose taxes and regulations. That way, the object to protect in border crossing goes away and the demand for guns dissipates. The same goes for human traffickers. The basis behind all of these real problems is the ban on drugs-which are an insignificant problem by comparison.

Drug legalization is the only way we can curb the cartel violence in Mexico. Sec. of State Clinton acknowledges that our policies of demand reduction and interdiction have failed, but offers nothing in the way of changing policies.

We need regulation! Regulation would mean that marijuana plants would be treated like any other traded resource. There's a reason we don't see coffee cartel violence out of columbia, it's because coffee is legal, and regulated with laws and courts instead of guns and violence.

Decriminalization won't be enough. We need to put all drugs in the regulated market. This won't mean that anyone can go to the corner store and pick up cocaine, but rather that licensed professionals will write prescriptions just like for any other drug. Most importantly, it means that the drugs will be imported legally, and competition will be fair and settled in daylight like all other open market trade, instead of by guns and corruption. This is the only way to end the violence of the black market. Legalization will save lives everywhere.

Sorry Aaron08 i believe that every time I pay taxes someone will die.

Afterthought,why doesn't mainstream media EVER come out and directly say this. Blood is on manys hands not just the one pulling the trigger but the ones placing the demand and keeping an arcaic law on the books are also to blame >.

When are Our people of the U.S. going to realize,when they buy street drugs PEOPLE in other parts of the World DIE ! all because of "wanna get high" people die,really sad truth just to touch on the suface of this much larger issue.The only way to stop the deaths in Mexico/U.S. (southern mostly atm) cities is to STOP the $, either STOP buying/getting high (least probable) or i.e.decriminalize and tax. Who will shoot at eachother in Mexico if there are no Narco $ to fite over...hmmm..

The War on drugs should be re-named the war on the American people. We close factories and schools while building new prisons to fill with tax dollars and petty pot offenders in turn creating real criminals. End prohibition now and in one year the national debt would be gone. I am a gun owner as well but if i had to give it up to have a safer country then so be it. Holland has legal weed and no guns, hence low crime. The right to a gun was inacted in a time when you needed it to get dinner. I dont remember using my gun at Crackdonalds to get dinner. Everybody wants to have guns and say " you cant take mine away just the bad people. B.S. if we cant regulate 18 year olds from getting alcohol illegally how do you stop motivated criminals from getting weapons. Oh wait that is what this article is about. Guns And Drugs. Stop the MADDNESS

With decades of failure attempting to curtail illicit drugs with existing law, policies, and procedures, you would think that it would be realized by now that the "WAR ON DRUGS" is ABSOLUTELY NOT WORKING, and WILL NOT CHANGE, because PROHIBITION WILL NOT WORK.

I am not for pro-drug use, but by simply legalizing the use, it would put an incredible amount of revenue into the economy and drastically reduce crime in at at least one sector of our society...because what we have now IS NOT WORKING, which any fool can see.....in my opinion

The u.s. governments war on drugs is to blame not the people of the united states. Just like the man to make the people take the blame for their war mongering. There is no justification for death and destruction of this scale, clinton just wants to sell her war. You are to blame clinton take your drug war and shove it up your....................

Let's not kid ourselves by suggesting that this is about marijuana as if it's the only drug related issue.

yea every thing is turning into one big joke allright. so what are you doing to help?

I don't like the pejorative words that the reporter used to slant the readers opinion about this story. That's very unprofessional.

Reporters need to get their personal bias out of their reporting. Just state the facts of what Clinton said and let the readers decide what they think of what she said.

I'm so tired of the "blame America" crowd I could just scream.

Legalizing marijuana... hmmm... quick, easy fix to a long, nasty problem.

The US is facing the consequences of turning a blind eye to this escalating problem for decades while waging a fake war on drugs without real gun control legislation.

Eight years and a gazillion dollars later, the so-called Department of Homeland Defense has done nothing to secure our southern border. So now is anyone surprised at the recent discussions blaming the Second Amendment and American’s drug use as the main problems in the cesspool to the south? What is the corrupt Mexican government doing other than encouraging it's peons to sneak across the border? Everything is just turning in to one big frickin' joke.

Q Mr. President, I wanted to follow up on the border question and the violence in Mexico. President Calderón recently decided to send an additional 5,000 of his troops to the border. The Texas governor has asked for a thousand U.S. troops or Border Agents to reinforce the border on our side. What is the tipping point in you mind, where the violence gets so bad that you need to act?And related to that, you named a new drug czar today. You've taken that position out of the Cabinet. You in the past have talked about decriminalization of marijuana. Are we still engaged in a war on drugs?And related to that, you named a new drug czar today. You've taken that position out of the Cabinet. You in the past have talked about decriminalization of marijuana. Are we still engaged in a war on drugs?

With respect to -- what was the second question?
THE PRESIDENT: I think what gave me pause on that question was I think you -- I'm not sure it's accurate to say that I -- well, the implication was somehow that I think we should weaken our drug laws. That's never been my position. I think that what we do have to -- I think the approach that we do need to take is to make sure that we have a both/and approach as opposed to an either/or approach.

I think traditionally the debate is either interdiction, criminalization, longer drugs -- longer prison sentences for not only dealers, but users; that's one approach. And then the other approach would be sort of a public health, decriminalization approach.

My attitude is we do have to treat this as a public health problem and we have to have significant law enforcement. And, you know, if we can reduce demand, obviously that allows us to focus more effectively where interdiction is needed, where we've got to go after serious drug dealers and narcotrafficking.

Right now I think that we're fighting with one hand tied behind our back because our effort to lower demand is grossly underfunded, not as effective as it needs to be. The average person who is seeking serious substance abuse treatment in a big city, like Dallas or Chicago, typically has a three-, four-, six-month waiting list to get enrolled in a program. I think that's a problem and most law enforcement officials I think would agree that it is a problem.

Its about DAMN time somebody took the initiative to say that our country does not have the squeaky clean image like other people try to portray ..Thats why she was Obamas biggest competition..she doesnt try to play people like they're stupid..Its about time we own to some of the shit we put ourselves in..BUT in the same token, thats why the drug war in Mexico has not stopped is because its a money maker for our country and not to mention we kinda play a part in starting it..