The docile border town of El Paso has allegedly become a trailblazer in the effort to amend marijuana laws in Texas.
In reference to the Guardian, El Paso proximity to Ciudad Juarez “the Mexican city so ravaged by drug cartel violence that until recently it was the murder capital of the world” has actually spawned various locals to get behind marijuana legalization.
“The believe the decades-long U.S. ‘War on Drugs’ has militarized the border and put ordinary people under constant surveillance, disrupting lives and fracturing communities without achieving results that justify the emotional, cultural and economic costs,” the Guardian reported.
With Border Patrol recovering almost 50,000 pounds of pot in El Paso area this past year, residents feel that legalizing marijuana would harm cartels revenue stream and, in turn can reduce their power. “The cartels are bigger and stronger than they’ve ever been and what have we really done that’s thwarted their efforts? Nothing,” Justin Underwood, an El Paso attorney, told the Guardian. “I am of the opinion that human beings are going to do drugs, period. Human beings are going to drink alcohol. I accept these things as facts and as long as you have a demand you will always have a supply, no matter what.”
“I don’t know that it would reduce crime in El Paso, which is already the safest city in America—but it would help to reduce cartel crime in Mexico,” U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, explained.
“Today, Mexican cartels enjoy billions of dollars in profits from U.S. drug sales, profits that go to hire young men and women, to buy politicians, police and judges, and allow some to commit crime with impunity.”
Obviously, El Paso approaches an uphill fight in the conservative stat. Despite 11 marijuana-related bills that were introduced this year in Teas legislature, the only one to get a green light was a restrictive bill legalizing certain marijuana extracts to help treat severe seizures due to epilepsy.
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