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To: LindyBill who wrote (77895)	2/26/2003 6:05:59 PM
From: paul_philp	Respond to of 281500

the underlying reason is that the American people are convinced they should not be legalized. at the least, most people are convinced that they don't want to have the debate. Paul

To: LindyBill who wrote (77895)	2/26/2003 6:09:00 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

No conspiracy theory at all, Bill. Every single Mexican president of the last two decades has been seriously enriched by drug money. The Mexican government, in a rare exhibition of honesty, finally put Salinas De Gortari's brother/bag-man in the clink after he was caught with a a few hundred million that he should not have had. We know all this and can prove it. Conspiracy cases can be made against top political capos but they are not, and the reasons are primarily related to our national security. If a narco-crook becomes a substantial foreign policy/national security problem, such as Noriega was--recall that he controlled the Panama Canal--we do what we have to do. The point is that we can go after the money, thereby squeezing the drug trade in a huge way. A few raids and catching bell-boys with a joint in their sock is not the way to do it. We refuse to be effective in this arena for reasons which, rightly or wrongly, are related to interests that are deemd more important than dealing with the drug problem.