As everyone knows, often many people… and all to often bureaucrats don’t consider the unintended consequences and/or collateral damage of implemented changes to the existing status quo.
Up front, I will admit that I am a firm believer in the fact that we need a better monitored/controlled access across our borders.
While Mexico’s border is the focal point of Trump’s idea of closing our border. While our open southern Mexico border is probably a sizable point of entry of various undesirable people and things entering our country.
Our border with Mexico is about 2000 miles long… but we also have a 5500 mile border with Canada and 9500 miles of shore line. So our total border is 17,000 miles… building a 2000 mile “WALL” between us and Mexico may only cause those trying to move illegal people or substances to attempt to use some part of the rest of our 17,000 miles of border to accomplish their intended goal.
Let’s presume that the “WALL” is successful in prohibiting the incursion of illegal products and people.. what are the potential consequences.
Right now we have Meth, MJ, Cocaine, acetylfentanyl and other illicit substances coming primarily from Mexico and China. What would happen if the “street supply” of these various substances are dramatically reduced because of “The wall”. Of course, the first thing is that the price of all these substances will skyrocket.
Skyrocketing prices will probably cause a increase in pharmacy robberies and/or other criminal activity for all those addicts who have been getting “their fix” from street drugs and street vendors.
Perhaps, those who are looking for “closing our border” … need to first consider putting into place the necessary infrastructure to provide treatment to those with chronic pain and substance abuse.
Filed under: General Problems
After proper treatment is established and if the powers that be really wanted to stop illegal drugs. They wouldn’t need a 17000 mile wall because any idiot can figure out where these drugs are entering our country. Laredo, Yuma, Sandiago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Portland Maine, Providence, Boston, New York, Newark, Atlantic City, Charleston, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans, Galveston / Houston and Brownsville. 22 city’s with major ports or high crime areas, (organized and gangs).
If the government would make sure chronic pain was medicated properly and addiction was treated like the disease that it is by helping the addicts instead of jailing them, the demand for illegal drugs would certainly lower. Then if the leadership in the government would kick the DEA and other major law enforcement in their ASSES and make them do their jobs by catching and prosecuting the real criminals, (DEALERS AND THE CARTELS), just maybe addiction and overdose deaths would diminish drastically.