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If You Think a Border Wall Can Stop Drugs, You're So Wrong

Submitted by smorgan on

One of the dumbest opinions you can have in the debate over drug policy is the idea that tougher borders can help stop the flow of drugs. If that's your best plan for making the drug cartels go away, I'd love to know what you have to say about this:


I don't know if this has been authenticated, so it's possible the video's creator used CGI or hidden wires, or maybe the women depicted are Olympic gymnasts with exceptional agility unmatched by your average night-lurking narcotics-trafficking troublemaker. But my first guess is that it's really just a couple of young women shimmying up the border wall in a matter of seconds without breaking a sweat. It stands to reason that most healthy people could accomplish the same thing, thereby rendering rather ridiculous the notion that any such obstacle could thwart the notoriously resourceful sorts who make it their business to go places they aren't supposed to go with items they aren't supposed to have.

I think the lesson here really ought to speak for itself, but it's probably just a matter of time before border-crazed drug war fanatics begin insisting the fence must be made taller and affixed with various barbs and booby traps. When that fails to accomplish anything whatsoever, I'll be happy to discuss sensible, cost-effective alternatives to the war on drugs.

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