Mark Meckler is the president of the Convention of States Foundation and a leading proponent of the right-wing movement to get state legislatures to call for a dangerous Article V convention that will consider constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal government now does unconstitutional.
“I don’t think there’s any way to solve this permanently without military action,” Meckler declared. “[We need a buffer zone] like the DMZ between the Koreas. It needs to be a kilometer of cleared territory that is a no man zone; you come in here and we believe you have hostile intent, we’re going to clear you out.”
“We need to exterminate the cartels and that means going into Mexico,” Meckler asserted. “Now people would say, ‘You’re violating a sovereign country’s territory.’ Well, Mexico is not a sovereign country any longer. Mexico is a failed narco state. The federal government is not in control of their military. The federal government is not in control of their police Their state governments are not, their local governments are not in control of their police forces. That is a failed narco-terrorist state and so we have to treat it as such.”
“To me, this is like Gaza. They’re invading our country. They’re invading our country every day. They’re killing our people, and we have to go in and use maximum force to oust them and create a buffer zone along the border. If we do that, we’ll have border security. It’s that simple.”
Certain drugs like meth are actually harmful.
Yes but if the government was able to provide a source of clean/safe drugs for addicts and help them break addiction the correct way with therapy and support instead of punitive prison… then maybe we’d have fewer addicts and therefore no cartel business
Agreed. People are harming themselves with drugs and what does the government do? Make it worse by putting you in prison and making it much harder for you to get job in the future and get back to a normal life.
Not maybe, absolutely.
Every circumstance that wide decriminalization occurs, it brings better outcomes than prohibition consistently.
No doubt, but also focusing on treatment and preventative measures like UBE and actual mental health care would massively reduce demand as well.
Yup, and how great would it be if people who were addicted to them were able to get the help they need without fear of going to prison?
Not as harmful as 40 years of destroying families and lives over dictating what we as adults are allowed to put in our body.
Also: Alcohol is a LOT worse than meth, harm-wise. Long AND short term.
I’m not advocating meth, that shit will addict you first hit and send your life into a spiral.
But most ‘meth damage’ comes from a complete abandonment of personal hygiene and squalid living conditions, not the drug itself. I mean there’s dirty meth that has additives that can fuck you up but chemically clean meth is pretty benign.