US CO: OPED: As Long As There’s A Market Here In The Us, The Drug

The Colorado Statesman, 26 Oct 2012 – Smith: Coloradans Should Pass Amendment 64 What do Hector and Yeira Beltran, Enrique and Bethsaida Cisneros, and Ivan and Claudia Vasquez have in common? They are victims of our drug war. They live on the Mexican side of the U.S. border in the pathway of the billions of dollars in drugs that come northward to meet the demand in this country. In all the debates about legalization – marijuana and Amendment 64 in Colorado – their story is the one you never hear, the story of those who have to survive in countries that we have destabilized by our desire for drugs.