Secretary of State Clinton: “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade”
Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 4:41 pm | By: Radical Russ
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US must take part of the blame for drug-related violence in Mexico.
Speaking as she arrived in Mexico, she said America’s appetite for drugs and its inability to stop arms crossing the border were helping fuel the violence.
Speaking to reporters accompanying her to Mexico City, Mrs Clinton said: “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.”
Insatiable (adj.): Impossible to satiate or satisfy. Mrs. Clinton, are you admitting that the United States can never expect to eliminate the demand for marijuana?
She also acknowledged that US efforts to ban drugs had so far been unsuccessful in stopping the narcotics trade.
“Clearly, what we have been doing has not worked and it is unfair for our incapacity… to be creating a situation where people are holding the Mexican government and people responsible,” she said.
Agreed completely. So, we have an insatiable demand and an unstoppable supply that is fueling violent gangs intent on overthrowing the Mexican government. I’d make a suggestion that would solve this problem in the stroke of a pen, but I don’t want President Obama to laugh at me.
High Fellow Cannabians:
I’m issuing a challenge to all American stoners to choose American grown cannabis (prefereably bio organic), even when a little higher in price over Mexican weed
. Note to dealers, you can help by giving a discount to the poorer stoners and helping promote American homegrown. If Senator Clinton is so worried about American smokers fueling the violent Mexican drug trade, she should endorse the efforts of NORML and MPP’s attempts to legalize, regulate and tax cannabis products, instead of, ironically, rewarding the very drug cartels she theatrically opposes by giving the market to brutal criminals. 
The people of America do not have an insatiable appetite for illegal drugs. Many Americans responsibly use drugs other than caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol. It is the government that has made these drugs illegal. The people have such an interest in these substances that they are willing to break the law in order to experience the effect. Though it may not be a majority, at this time, the government should respect the right of these many citizens to use the substance of their choice responsibly for religious, medical, and/or recreational purposes. I believe that those who use consciousness altering substances responsibly are within their rights as American citizens. And, if you don’t happen to be an American citizen, then it is still your right as a homo sapien, though this right receives even less protection in many countries. Your consciousness is your consciousness, it is not the dominion of any other person or organization. Disrespect of that fact can only be interpreted as oppression.
WTF?
She must have been slammin’ ‘em back with W before she belched that one out.
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typo — is
but it’s ok for her to pound down shots while on the campaign trail.
Hillary, the blood of those who died of alcohol poisoning in on your hands.