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Drugs and Cartels blog
How RICO, a 1970 Law Against the Mob, Became a Weapon Against Gangs RICO was written to break the Mafia and now reaches street gangs and cartels, and the same breadth that makes it powerful is why civil libertarians distrust it. How a Smuggling Network Prices a Border Crossing and Who Gets Paid Human smuggling is a tiered business in which many hands take a cut, and every policy that makes entry look possible raises the demand they sell to. The Cartels Run Like Multinational Firms, So Policy Should Treat Them That Way Mexican cartels are diversified criminal businesses. Conservatives differ over sanctions, terrorist designation and force, and both positions get a hearing. Gonzales v. Raich and the Marijuana Case That Split Conservative Justices Raich let Congress ban homegrown medical marijuana that never crossed a state line, and the Court's conservatives divided over it. Should a Dealer Who Sells a Fatal Dose Be Charged With Homicide Drug-induced homicide laws treat a sale that kills as a killing, and conservatives disagree about whether that is justice or overreach. Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs in 2020 and Reversed Course in 2024 Oregon's Measure 110 was the boldest drug experiment in America, and the state's own legislature unwound it. Should Conservatives Support Drug Legalization? Both Sides Make Their Case Conservatives split on drugs between liberty and social order, and the question deserves a fair hearing before a verdict.