A JOINT ROLLED IS A BODY BURIED

There is a new blood diamond in international politics.

This new product is enjoyed by 25 million Americans on a regular basis.

It has led to the death of 6,300 people in one country alone last
year. In one city, 1,600 have already been killed this year. Many
have been beheaded and placed on display for all to see. The country
with the largest problem is becoming the kidnapping capital of the
world, and is one of two countries our government has classified as
being in threat of complete government collapse.

Marijuana has become the new blood diamond, and Mexico its victim.

After enjoying 4/20, the question becomes: Do you care?

I hope you enjoyed your state of euphoria.

After all, you're helping contribute to a $38 billion industry for
the drug cartels in Mexico. And hey, it is helping to stimulate our
economy, too. After all, 90 percent of the guns being used by the
drug cartels come from the United States. While the guns are great
for grabbing control, a saw works better for intimidation. Beheadings
have become common, and finding someone and hanging them from a
bridge while placing their head in the town square has a much greater
intimidation effect.

These cartels have not stopped at intimidating Mexicans. Border
Patrol has found heads in ice chests with notes warning them not to
get involved. Sixteen hundred people died in Juarez so far this year.
After carrying through on a threat to kill a police officer every 48
hours, the police commissioner of Juarez, Mexico, resigned and the
mayor of the city moved his family to Texas. The city is now run by
the drug cartels themselves.

Need to take another hit? Go ahead.

You are helping employ U.S. teenagers. U.S. customs is finding
14-year-old Americans with marijuana strapped to their bodies as they
smuggle the drugs from Mexico. And last month we found that two U.S.
teens were hired at the age of 13 to be hitmen for Mexican cartels.

As a bonus payment, they received a $70,000 Mercedes. The prosecutor
in this teenager's case said that working for a drug cartel is like
working for a Fortune 500 company. After all, number 701 on Fortune's
list of world billionaires is a Mexican drug lord.

But don't worry; only half of the marijuana in this country is
imported. So you only have a 50 percent chance that you are funding
this bloodshed.

Unless, of course, you bought marijuana that's grown here in
California. The Drug Enforcement Administration found that these
cartels were using national parks in California to grow marijuana
because they were so secluded.

The cartels have become the largest organized crime threat in
America. They operate in over 250 U.S. cities, and have made Phoenix
the kidnapping capital of the country.

I can already hear the voices. "Legalize marijuana!

That will solve everything!" For the sake of argument I'll listen to
your call. But guess what? Today, marijuana is illegal.

Today, your marijuana may be funding a drug war and the number-one
organized crime threat in America. Today, your state of euphoria will
help get our neighbor and ally Mexico listed with Afghanistan as a
country likely to have its government collapse.

You want marijuana to be legal, fine. But today, it is not. And even
if you begin to convince members of Congress that it should be legal,
it probably won't be legal tomorrow, either.

As a result of drug cartels, 6,300 people were killed last year in
Mexico. More people were killed last year in Mexico for drugs than
soldiers in Iraq in the last six years.

The protester drug of choice has killed more than the war they are
protesting. But hey, as long as it feels good and is cheap, why
should we care how it affects other people? After all, marijuana
never killed anyone...