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Should the President mobilize the U.S. military against Mexican Drug Cartels?

In January 2023 Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) and Michael Waltz (R., Fla.)  proposed a joint resolution giving the president authority to use the U.S. military against drug cartels in Mexico. The bill was proposed in response to the recent spike in American drug overdose deaths. Opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21,089 in 2010 to 47,600 in 2017 and remained steady through 2019. This was followed by a significant increase in 2020 with 68,630 reported deaths and again in 2021 with 80,411 reported overdose deaths. A 2017 analysis, accounting for the costs of health…  

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59%
Yes
41%
No
40%
Yes
34%
No
16%
Yes, but only for operations within our country’s borders
5%
No, we already have agencies that address these issues
4%
Yes, but only if coordinated with Mexico's government
2%
No, legalize all drugs instead

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 @99P5TWZ from Iowa  answered…2yrs2Y

no, decriminalize all drugs instead

 @9D4Z9ZK from New York  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but only with the consent of the Mexican government

 @9B2J8JS from Florida  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only in cooperation with the Mexican Government

 @99XDJ9C from Tennessee  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, with Congressional approval

 @9FG557K from New Mexico  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but only for operations within our country’s borders, and if only when Mexico asks for help.

 @9D3XCMX from Maryland  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, and legalize drugs.

 @9BQHHPZ from Michigan  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes but only with congressional approval

 @9B4S864 from Utah  answered…2yrs2Y

No, decriminalize all drugs instead

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 @MercifulFr33m4rket from Florida submitted…10mos10MO

Mexican Drug Cartels Expand Under "Hugs, Not Bullets" Policy

Gangs affiliated with Mexico’s two largest drug cartels—battling to the death over market share—have grown in number and influence since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018. He eased up under a policy he called “hugs, not bullets.” Arrests by Mexico’s national guard, created under López Obrador to replace federal police, fell to 2,800 in 2022 from 21,700 in 2018, according to the national statistics agency.More than 200 criminal gangs are engaged in turf wars compared with 76 in 2010, according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank that studies violent conflicts worldwide. Most of the disputes involve the Sinaloa or Jalisco cartels, among the world’s largest criminal organizations and the top traffickers of fentanyl—the low-cost, high-margin synthetic opioid that kills tens of thousands of Americans a year.Criminal gangs behind the U.S. drug epidemic are seeing accelerated growth, commanding greater control over more territory in Mexico, where they are largely free to murder rivals, neuter police, seize property and strong-arm municipalities into giving them public contracts.In December, farmers from a village in the state of Mexico attacked local cartel members with machetes and sickles, revolting against demands they each pay as much as $600 to work their own land, authorities said. The fight killed 10 gang members and four farmers.

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Donald Trump nominates Pam Bondi as the next Attorney General

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