Cash From Marijuana Fuels Mexico's Drug War
NPR (jason beaubien)
“Marijuana and cocaine are the two largest sources of revenue for the cartels, generating billions of dollars in illicit profits each year. But some analysts say marijuana may be the cartels’ greatest source of cash in part because the Mexican gangs control the production, trafficking and distribution of the drug.”
1/2. I’d imagine it’d hurt a little to have your pay check cut in half with a few flicks of a pen. where are the bootleg gangsters today? dead. ancient history thanks to the end of prohibition. LEGALIZE, already.
— cbg
