Medical Marijuana and Cartel Profits

The drug Cartels must be applauding the new guidelines listed for prosecution of Medical Marijuana users and dispensaries.  With 14 states out there who have in one form or another legalized Medical Marijuana, who do you think is supplying them?  Has our new administration just made way for the Cartels to become even more powerful.  Granted it does specifically state in the memo that "The prosecution of significant traffickers of illegal drugs, including marijuana, and the disruption of illegal drug manufacturing and trafficking networks continues to be a core priority in the Department’s efforts against narcotics and dangerous drugs, and the Department’s investigative and prosecutorial resources should be directed towards these objectives. "  but it also is being interpreted that users and dispensaries will not be touched as long as they comply with State laws.

Colorado alone has had dispensaries popping up everywhere.  According to the Denver Post "Demand for medical marijuana in Colorado has grown so fast in the past few months that it has outstripped the production of legal "grow" operations and is now probably being supplied by international drug cartels, say some local sheriffs and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration".  This is very disturbing in deed, we have now fuzzied the line further regarding the legality of marijuana and how to prosecute the criminals involved, such as the Cartels.

An article in the Examiner explains that a “bi-national task force” on “rethinking the US-Mexican Border” has completed a study, which in part, names the USA’s respect for the Second Amendment as a prime culprit for the violence on the US-Mexican border.

So with our growing demand for marijuana and the relaxation of policy regarding prosecuting individuals and dispensaries have we just opened pandora's box?