The war on drugs

In 1971 Richard Nixon, and with Ronald Regan in 1980. The war on drugs began. If you think we are now in 2021. This means that the war on drugs has been going on for about 50 years. In 2010, 52% of all drug arrests were for marijuana. 8.2 million marijuana arrests between 2001 and 2010. 88% of these arrests were simply for possession of marijuana. African Americans are most likely imprisoned for marijuana by as much as 45%. Hispanics are at a whopping 42%. If you think Afro-Latinos are between the two parties. There are many lives lost to illegal drugs and often used by whites. White Americans are least likely to be arrested with only 10%.

Many of these men are still rotting in prison.

The history of cannabis in Mexico

Hernan Cortes was the first to take responsibility for the import of all hemp and cannabis products to the Columbus Caribbean Cooperation. Hernan Cortes claimed that hemp came from Spain, but this is just not true. The Aztecs also had recreational and spiritually used psychoactive plants, roots, fungi, peyotes and cannabis for hundreds of years before the first, second and third expeditions to Spain on the continent of South America. It can be argued that the Conquistadors learned from the Aztecs how to grow cannabis. What the Conquistadors brought to the land of Mexico was the product hemp.

Hemp is in the same family as Marijuana, that family is the plant family of cannabis. Hemp was harvested for its strong fiber. There is no THC in hemp. You can not get high from smoking hemp. During the turn of the century, 80 percent of the world's textiles and textiles were made from hemp. All the paper in the world was made of hemp. It's about 75% to 90%.

1900 - Cannabis in Mexico

The Spaniards continued to produce hemp, as well as cannabis, due to Mexico's large area and weather. Cannabis the psychoactive plant was smoked by Mexicans during 1900. Mexican migrant farmers during this time traveled to America and introduced the act of smoking marijuana to the Americans. It is believed at least in folklore that it was during this time that the name marijuana was coined by the Mexican migrant workers in earlier days. During the year 1913, the first prohibition law for illegal cannabis and disturbance of hemp was introduced into the law. This caused the criminalization of Mexican workers in the United States. The Mexican migrant workers would continue to travel to the United States and create tensions between the two countries.
In 1920, the Mexican government began enacting a ban on all cannabis products except hemp to reassure the United States. In 1927, Mexico imposed an export ban on cannabis products; except hemp. This was due to the fear of "keel disease".
What is reefer madness? You may be asking yourself, let's break it down. First we need to discuss the big, actually scary, side effect of paranoia. THC does unfortunately, I have to responsibly tell you that smoking marijuana can cause paranoia in some. This fear of marijuana, the paranoia of paranoia you might say, was instilled in the African American. The African American who enjoyed the company of Mexican people and Mexican marijuana would be the main spark for many African art forms, especially jazz music. Unfortunately, rumors spread when African American men, women, and people in the LGBTQ community would become incredibly violent when they smoked marijuana because of the side effects of paranoia. This is not true. People who smoke marijuana and experience paranoia are more likely to harm themselves than others. However, racist white Americans would continue these rumors of violent "cooler smokers", or marijuana smokers would live far into our time now in 2021.
Unfortunately for the United States, many Mexican farmers would still travel to the United States. Selling and growing cannabis. This would be the catalyst that would feed cartel culture.

Cartel culture

The Sinaloa cartel is one of the largest cartels started in 1989 and is still alive today, and we will return to it. However, we have to go back to the groovy era in 1960.

1960 - The rise of hippie culture

With the rise of the hippie culture, the rise of the marijuana culture grew and cemented itself into the American sphere. This was due to row-musical bands like The Grateful Dead, Donovan and many more. Unfortunately, drug use is linked to acts of violence in local communities by POC members. President Lyndon B. Johnson personally blamed the Mexican government for exporting all kinds of drugs, including cannabis. This will also be the birth of racism against Mexicans and South Americans, among white American racists. The racism of the Mexican people would also be the cause of our tight border policy now.
Let's not sugar coat this I say white American racist because not only were Republicans racist, but many hippies were racist as well. Just because they liked Mexican marijuana, did not mean they liked Mexicans. Just wanted to make it clear.
So let's go back to 1960. Richard Nixion would continue to tighten the Mexican border. He wanted to enforce Operation Intercept. Operation Intercept was a stop and record program. Border police would stop each car with Latin American drivers, and register them for three minutes. Still, drugs would enter the United States.

1978 - DEA begins to "crack" down

In 1978, the DEA began destroying cannabis fields by spraying them with aircraft pesticides. This action would throw the power of Mexican farmers further into the hands of the cartel. The DEA adopted this policy because of marijuana in the last eight decades before. 1960-1978 was huge for civil unrest with the black panther movement, and guess what cannabis was to blame for the increase in African American protest. The ironic part was that they were probably right because marijuana changes your perspective, but it's usually mostly for the positive. That said, I do not think the racist 1960-1978 wanted African Americans to have a positive perspective. I believe that racists at all times do not want African Americans to have a positive perspective.
1980.
Guess what? All in all, the legal obligation written by the United States did not help stop the demand for drugs. Who knew? The greatest demand for drugs was enforced by the Guadalajara cartel. If you've seen Narcos Mexico, you should know this next guy, Kiki Camarena. Kiki Camarena was a DEA that infiltrated the cartel and provided valuable information to US officials. In 1985, Camarena was kidnapped, tortured and killed by the Guadalajara cartel. Although Kiki Camarena helped paralyze the cartel. They managed to gather their barriers, have become stronger and become even more violent.

The Sinaloa Cartel

The birth of the Sinaloa cartel. The largest cartel that is still going strong even today. They have raised billions of dollars, murdered thousands and remain the true power of the Mexican government. On February 22, 2014, the United States captured the famous leader of today's Sinaloa Cartel Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The famous drug lord was captured for a sting stating that "a new Netflix show was underway about El Chapo's life". The cartel leader was seen in luck waiting to be interviewed by a reporter, and was immediately caught.

El Chapo

The 64-year-old El Chapo was the talk of all media circles and remains in US custody to this day. El Chapo was announced as the public enemy in Chicago; The title of public enemy number one is only given to the most dangerous and influential of criminals.
It was reported that the cartel earned forty billion annually tax-free.

Where is the cartel now?

The number of cartel deaths in 2006 has been estimated at around 150,000 in 2011, and in 19 violent attacks have decreased. I have to report that the violent attacks have increased during the Covid-XNUMX pandemic. It must be reported that the cartel has its hands in politics, the media and many parts of the bureaucracy. Many cartel members have been known to threaten and kill journalists who criticize them. So I honestly can not tell you what is true. I can only report what I find.

Since the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana

Many cartels have gone from selling marijuana to selling heroin. It is even rumored that Philip Seymour Hoffman died of heroin overdose due to heroin supplied by the cartel.
Recently and recently I mean a few days ago May 17, 2021. Inactive Puerto Rican civilian video-recorded South American refugees sailing on boats. They arrived early at the beaches of Puerto Rico, which sailed into the country and literally jumped off their banana boats, as they quickly escaped to the country of Puerto Rico. Many of these immigrants were captured, and during the interrogation they reported gang and cartel violence for their daring voyages to Puerto Rico.

Mexico may be a first world country?

Yes it is true. Mexico has one of the largest populations around 113 million people and is a huge production base. They also have a large tourist base with many restaurants, tourist attractions and cultures to raise money. Unfortunately for Mexico, the cartel's reputation has led to Mexico being seen as a third world country. Many people are just too scared to enter the country for fear of being murdered or kidnapped. Economists have theorized that Mexico could achieve first status if not the reputation of the cartel.

Solutions

This is just my personal opinion, but the Mexican should only legalize marijuana. With the proceeds from the money, the Mexican government can tax these illegal drugs. This will help increase the living situation of many Mexican individuals, it can also increase job opportunities, and the non-violent farmers who are already growing do not have to leave their farms. Growing farmers can earn real wages. Decriminalization of heroin has been seen in Switzerland. Switzerland is opening a free heroin center where people can get free heroin, clean needles and many other facilities to help them thrive in the local community. It is called damage reduction and has worked.

Here in the US, we decriminalized marijuana, and the incarceration rate for children in POC communities has dropped drastically, many companies have also grown due to the legal completion of marijuana. Unfortunately, many of these companies are started by rich, white, children. The African American, Latin American and other POC communities do not see the same opportunities to start a legal marijuana business considering that POC individuals make up a large part of the prison population.

Let us not forget that our Vice President Kamala Harris was on a famous radio program Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM. She was asked if she had ever smoked cannabis, she laughed and agreed that she had smoked casserole. Let us not forget that she is responsible for capturing many African, Latin and Afro-Latin young men because of her previous position as a prosecutor. She has not apologized, and there has been no word that these men will be released for a crime of possession of cannabis. An Crime Director Kamala Harris has been happy to participate.

I think Vice President Kamala Harris should help squeeze in tax breaks and special loan payments to help POC communities build legitimate cannabis dispensaries. Considering that they have been most negatively affected by the war on drugs. She should also apologize for the statement, and perhaps think about releasing some non-violent drug welding, prisoners.

the conclusion

What I hope you take out of my blog post is just the simple fact that things are changing and the perspective is great. Cannabis is an illegal drug that was thought to be the gateway to hard drugs and a negative socio-economic result. But if we look at culture and society, we can see that perspectives change. We now see that it can be a powerhouse in the free market.