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		foenix on June 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LulzSec releases trove of AZ law enforcement docum... > Honestly, having the mexican drug violence spill over into the border states is probably the best thing that could ever happen to this country. I understand your point, but would tend to disagree until AZ gets a new governor. I vainly hope that the international drug war is ended in the next decade.

CaptainZapp on June 24, 2011 [–]

Only when some of the more restrictive governments (I'm looking mostly at you, US) lift the illegality of drugs.

The insane margins are not due to the fact that drugs are expensive to make, but that the product is illegal.

Prohibitions should taught us something. What we have now is Al Capone, but on a global scale.

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