Mexico City mayor calls drug policy 'schizophrenic'
 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/worl...-drug-war.html

"If the United States is legalizing marijuana and we're over here killing ourselves on the street over marijuana, that does not make sense," Ebrard said Tuesday, referring to U.S. states, such as California, that have sought to decriminalize the sale and use of cannabis.

I love california, need to find a spot of land to buy.

Mexican cartels aren't killing people over marijuana. Surely he's got to know that, right?

Yeah they are. They don't deal in just cocaine. Or Just meth. They kill over control and security of the drug trade. That includes marijuana.

mexican brick weed aint worth even bringing over. No one in california smokes reggie

Someone's buying Mexican marijuana. and has been since... like.. forever.

Mex weed varies greatly in quality. I have seen shit so bad that it should be tossed in a compost pile and shit so good it was sold as "B.C. Bud."

A great deal of it goes to cities in the midwest and east and is sold in low income urban areas.

headache weed, is all it is.

its because its got males mixed in and its trash. No real stoners smoke reggie from mexico. Ive never seen anything good from across border... why bother when we got the best purp money can buy MADE IN THE USA? hahah

Like I said, some is trash, some isn't. High quality indoor marijuana is being produced in Mexico and smuggled into the U.S. You think they don't have electricity and halide lights there?

i undrstand and can imagine, drug dealers sell anything they can LOL

got friends and family in humboldt california, once you have the good stuff, youll never smoke mexican weed again!

LOL

There are people that are smoking Mexican weed that don't know it was produced in Mexico. Trust me. My credentials go beyond "friends and family in Humboldt."

not comparing credentials and would never speak on depths on public forum. my close friend just got out 5 years fed time for growing, i know no one or nothing.

Of course it's part of the equation, but a very small part. Definitely not the drug to blame for the mess down there.

Not everyone has access to the 'good' stuff, to some people mexican is as good as it gets. I remember years ago smoking what was called 'Acapulco Gold':stoned

Bullshit!

In many places in America the only weed people will ever get is Mexican.

but here is where we get into strains. It doesnt matter WHERE something is grown, its how its grown.

True Acapulco Gold is a potent strain, if grown correctly, it could be growin in a igloo in Alaska.

In fact, ive had family visit Alaska and they have very very good herb LOL

But really, I referred BRICK weed specifically. I know good pot is grown everywhere, its a plant. I was talking specifically about good old brown dark dirt weed from mexico.

its all about genes.

People are killing each other over marijuana here too. Guy I used to buy from a couple of years ago got shot and killed when three meth/coke heads robbed him for his stash.


To say no one is killing anyone for weed is just nonsense.

Also, Marijuana is huge business for the cartels. Small part my dick.

I understand. Just pointing out that not all Mexican is thet same. Far from it. Mexico is just a place. The same shit that is grown in a Seattle basement can be grown in a Mexican warehouse, it's just that no one at an L.A. dispensary is going put a "Hecho en Mexico" sticker on their $20 a gram shit. They likely don't even know it themselves.

no one denied that. Crap weed is sold to urban areas, and theres a reason here in the south that particular weed has a racist adjective attached to its name. We all know what we mean when we say "urban."

I understand. Prolly due to price wars, American growers are paying top dollar for fertilizers and electricity.

I dont know anyone in mexico but im sure they can grow pot LOL I wasnt talking about DRO as I mentioned, I was referencing good old dirt weed. Not hydro.

and i know a few people in and around the dispensary biz and from what I hear they need good pot no matter where it come from because its selling so fast they need more LOL

The Alaskan strain Matanuska Thunderfuck AKA Matanuska Tundra is one of my all time favorites.

they probably wanted his money more than weed :2 cents:

thunderfuck is the exact one my uncle talked about to me after his time living there.

my uncle (rest in peace he dead now) was a smuggler. his stories blew my mind as a kid, and the cars he drove made it all factual.

He had far more weed than cash on hand. They knew that going in. They were never going to find much cash at all. they knew this and did it anyway.

how much im curious?

I couldn't tell you for sure but it was around a pound.

thats it? geez, either way I doubt they shot him so they could SMOKE the pot, they resold it which in the end translates to them wanting more meth not pot.

Ive known quite a few speed addicts, and they often do not like pot or any despressants since they crave the speed. Much different highs especially to true addicts.

Everyone I have ever smoked Matanuska with said it was the strongest pot they have ever smoked. And I'm from Seattle so these people are used to top quality herb.

thats usually what everyone says when Id smoke em out LOL

I had a friend from Australia come over who regularly visits Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, he said the shit i had was better or as good as anything he smoked in Amsterdam

buahahaha MADE IN AMERICA BABY

They killed him for his weed. I'm sure they intended to trade some or all of it off but still doesn't change the fact that his life was taken because of marijuana.


People die because of the marijuana trade. That's an undeniable fact.

But, don't get me wrong here. I'm for legalization just as much as the next guy, mainly in the hopes it puts these types out of business. But still, facts are facts.

gotcha, I just look past the drug and realize its not for marijuana, its for money. Meth heads dont want pot, they want meth, but I understand your point and feelings considering it was your friend.

Ive lost friends to bullets and drugs, its sad part of this world.

I will attribute that to your age. There was lots of great Mexican {along with the dirt} back in the day prior to the Emerald Triangle.

A fine example. An maybe not as potent, but definitely tasty (and lots more potent that the $10/oz dirt weed) was Oaxacan, known for their spears.

I have never talked to a coffee shop owner/employee that did not acknowledge CA had better quality. They may have better hash though.

yes, I didnt even really smoke pot until I moved to caifornia LOL

had tried it, but never liked the crappy weed, so when I moved there and had some Bubblegum or blonde hash for first time I was like oh shit im staying here, and I stayed for over a decade LOL

didn't the federal government shut down dispensaries in California?

think amsterdam has the 'hydroponics' thing going on

thats what the news says, but have they closed them down?

My guess is the ones doing anything shady will get culled and those operating properly will continue unscathed.

Have tons of family and friends there and they dont seem concerned

I read about some in the OC that got shut down, but they were idiots and deserved it if the back story was only 30% true. I personally know of none that are closed or showing signs of closing.

I never said that no one was getting killed over marijuana. Please don't put words into my mouth.

I simply said that the Mayor singled it out in his statement. In the scheme of things, weed IS a small portion. That portion is definitely huge business, but it is still a small part of the whole pie.

right, ive read up on some of the people behind some of the dispensaries and its like Armenien gangsters and shit LOL

sure they will and hopefully do get shut down, and let the non criminals get back to helping those in need with medicinal grade marijuana.

I miss that place so much, its like it became a part of me, and as much a home as nola is when Im away from it.

yes anyone who is growing plants and dealing green is a target.

have had friends home invaded for their plants. others jacked, robbed ... saying there is no violent crime tied to weed is just stupid.

anyone actually read before posting? of course not it's gfy.

they want to legalize in mexico to stop the weed-trade-based violence there.

Now if that aint the pot calling the Kettle Black.

These ass hats in mexico just De criminalized possession of marijuana at X amount.. not sure of the weight.

lends credit to the idea that legalizing would shut down a lot of criminal activity

No but you very well did say:
Which is completely false.

It's a failure... Time to let go

However, politicians probably think the drug laws are job saving acts