[barelysapient]

Yes, and every American that purchases illegal drugs are fractionally but indirectly responsible for the deaths of 150,000 Mexican civilians. [1]

We should also remember this death toll doesn’t count civilians from other countries, such as Colombia, where narco violence has also had a terrible cost on civilian life.

[1] https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/crimina...

[netizen-936824]

If people could get drugs through regulated channels, cartels wouldn't even exist in the first place. Its the CSA that created the massive organized crime machine