Street Drugs Arizona

The most prevalent street drugs in Arizona (meth, crack and marijuana)  are coming across the Mexico/Arizona border.   This billion dollar illegal drug industry is alive and well,  to the detriment of the people of Arizona. 

Since illegal drugs are not advertised on radio,  tv or in the newpapers,  how can it be possible to have such a successful marketing and sales campaign?   Imagine trying to market something without any advertising media to carry your promotional materials to a wide audience of potential buyers?  Even with the use of these media outlets,  companies often enough go broke from lack of sales.  So how is it that the drug business is doing so well? 

These drugs are being produced and distributed  by the drug banditos,  who have arms and are quite willing to use them to intimidate and control their territory and the shipping routes commonly used to get them across the border into the USA. 

Currently one of the largest cartels in Mexico called  “la famillia”  has more or less successfully cornered the illegal drug trade in and out of Mexico.    Where are their recruits garnered from?   Youth who have no other jobs,  no other possibilities,  seemingly no other way to make a living.   These youth get recruited into gangs,  and are quickly indoctrinated into the belief systems of the cartel.  The leader of the cartel has even written his own bible,  and the cartel personnel consider themselves devout Christians.   They even have patron saints to protect their shipments as they cross the border,  and who can be prayed to,  to prevent getting killed by a police officer’s bullet. 

Politicians are fighting two opponents in the drug trafficking trade.   One is the strong militia arm of the trafficking trade,  the other is fear of retribution.   Gangland style killings are common.  Intimidation of those in power who themselves want to stay alive,  are willing to turn a blind eye to avoid direct confrontation.  Live and let live seems to be the adopted philosophy. 

So the problem must be solved deeper to the source.   A country whose youngest generation has very little hope of building a decent life through honest means,  must realize that the youngest generation is the ONLY hope for a better future.   Putting education and cultural development at the highest levels of importance would put some hope there for a better and drug free future. 

Since most of Arizona street drugs come from Mexico,  a wise approach to this problem might include some cross border meetings by heads of state of both countries to find a peaceful ways to open doors to a brighter future through supporting education and cultural development.  In this way both Mexico and it’s border neighbors can both regain footing on the very slippery slope of fighting these militia style drug cartels,  and the youth of both countries can be diverted from the cartels’ negative influences upon them.