Mexican Sinaloa Cartel’s Message to Members: Stop Making Fentanyl or Die

Not sure what to make if this, but my first rxn is to laugh.

Cartel leaders....chiming in indignant about not producing a lethal drug...under penalty of death...

 

Just felt the need to clarify my 'funny' rating (ie not mocking your post).

 

You laugh, but this will probably be more effective than the war on drugs at curbing fentanyl

 

Reminds me a bit of an old quote from The Wire from one of the cops: "They screw (not word used) up, they get beat. We screw up, we get pensions."

It would be interesting if they chose to re-orient from a business standpoint. As of now, fentanyl has been great for them because it is so concentrated and hard to catch on the border. I could see it though as more of a reorganization effort than anything.

 

Depends on the detail of the decriminalization. If it is just decriminalization of small amounts, they would still largely operate as they are now. Cocaine and Heroin are harder to run like Marijuana, where it can be grown at small scales. It requires a major organization. If it is a full legalization, I'd suspect they get pushed out by the Ivy League MBA-types pretty quickly. Possibly with a pretty major payoff.

 

killing your clients and getting the spotlight shined on you in the process is not good long term business

 

Depends on what you mean by “decriminalization”. Does that mean it becomes legal to sell and distribute in the U.S.? If so, that would kill the cartels. If you mean simply not penalizing individuals for purchasing controlled substances and narcotics, I’m not sure that would do much to dent the cartels. You would still have demand and need a supplier. As long as production and distribution are banned in the U.S., someone is going to fill that demand.

 

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/marijuana-hallucinogen-use-among-young-adults-reached-all-time-high-2021#:~:text=The proportion of young adults,2016 and 17% in 2011.


The use of marijuana seems to be increasing as it becomes legal or decriminalized, which kind of makes sense. I would think you would see similar trends if other drugs were decriminalized.

The argument for decriminalization is getting it out of the criminal Justice system and not making drug users into criminals. I don’t think there is any argument it would decrease use or make things safer.

Legalization OTOH probably increases use but may make things safer due to domestic production and quality control. But I really have a hard time seeing these drugs become legally produced and sold in the US.

In one sense the opioid crisis started with legalization of opioids in terms of them being overprescribed. If you legalized sales of opiates I suspect overall use and addiction would increase, but perhaps the rate of death decreases due to less use of illegal fentanyl.

 

You make accurate points.

Legalizing death and poison to lower incarceration rates, what could go wrong?
The more readily available the more addicts you will have.
I always ask would yo want your kids or grandkids to just be able to go by 7-11 to pick up some smack?
Anyone who says yeah sure is either lying or an idiot.

I’ve seen the misery all illegal drugs cause not just for the user but for the families. 30+ years in medicine it will just get worse. Put a rehab on every corner next to the dispensary.

 

It's actually a tough call. I know a girl in college who got horrifically shot and killed in a marijuana drug deal that randomly went bad. She'd still be alive in 2023 with how accessible weed is now. It gets even seedier the more hardcore the drugs you are trying to acquire are.

I don't think having them easily accessible is good. I also don't think meeting strangers are 3am in random apartments is good either.