taoshum
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When we were in Mx last fall, the visitors from the US were outnumbered by Canadians about 3:1. Some friends of ours just returned from 2 months in Mx traveling on a motorcycle and they said the same thing, it's Canadians 3 or 4:1. Even with the Canadians, tourism is down, way down. The 5 miles of beach in San Carlos near Guaymas was, for all practical purposes, vacant. The resturants were empty. So, in some ways, it is an ideal time to visit.
It's not like the US is isolated from this drug related violence: http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs6/6184/marijuan.htm
quote:
Marijuana Seized Along Interstate 40
In February 2003 Arkansas State Police officers seized 2,669 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated retail value of $3 million, from a recreational vehicle traveling east on I-40 near Clarksville during a routine traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle was stopped for a license plate violation and because the vehicle was impeding traffic by driving too slowly in the left lane. The responding officer became suspicious when the driver appeared nervous and because the vehicle was not registered in the driver's name. Prior to the search of the vehicle and the arrival of backup officers, the driver, a 31-year-old male, fled on foot. Seventeen boxes of marijuana were discovered stacked in the bedroom of the recreational vehicle. The marijuana was compressed into 464 bricks weighing 4 to 10 pounds each and wrapped in multiple layers of cellophane. Some of the boxes were marked with a reverse swastika symbol, the letter C, and a bull's-eye symbol. More than 15 pounds of coffee beans and ground coffee were strewn about the interior of the vehicle to mask the odor of the marijuana. The vehicle was en route from Yuma, Arizona, and allegedly was traveling to Hickory, North Carolina.
Source: Arkansas State Police.
Maybe it's the people who buy the drugs that are really responsible for the Mx violence?
It's not like the US is isolated from this drug related violence: http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs6/6184/marijuan.htm
quote:
Marijuana Seized Along Interstate 40
In February 2003 Arkansas State Police officers seized 2,669 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated retail value of $3 million, from a recreational vehicle traveling east on I-40 near Clarksville during a routine traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle was stopped for a license plate violation and because the vehicle was impeding traffic by driving too slowly in the left lane. The responding officer became suspicious when the driver appeared nervous and because the vehicle was not registered in the driver's name. Prior to the search of the vehicle and the arrival of backup officers, the driver, a 31-year-old male, fled on foot. Seventeen boxes of marijuana were discovered stacked in the bedroom of the recreational vehicle. The marijuana was compressed into 464 bricks weighing 4 to 10 pounds each and wrapped in multiple layers of cellophane. Some of the boxes were marked with a reverse swastika symbol, the letter C, and a bull's-eye symbol. More than 15 pounds of coffee beans and ground coffee were strewn about the interior of the vehicle to mask the odor of the marijuana. The vehicle was en route from Yuma, Arizona, and allegedly was traveling to Hickory, North Carolina.
Source: Arkansas State Police.
Maybe it's the people who buy the drugs that are really responsible for the Mx violence?
Private citizens there were not allowed to own guns per se, but air rifles and shotguns could be owned under a licensing system. Relocating to California 30 years ago was quite a culture shock, including a firearms shock. Look at someone the wrong way on a freeway, and they're just as likely to point a gun at you.
