U.S. Pot Growers Competing with Mexican Drug Cartels, Drug Enforcement Official Says

“The drug war in Mexico may have helped U.S. growers gain a foothold in some regions,” the report stated. Reporter Angela Kocherga interviewed an undercover narcotics officer with the El Paso Police Department.“The majority of this weed is coming from California. A little bit of it is coming from Colorado,” the unnamed officer said. The report said two people were arrested recently in an El Paso neighborhood after police found large quantities of “Kush,” a more potent and expensive form of marijuana produced in the United States. Howard Campbell, a professor at the University of Texas El Paso and author of “Drug War Zone,” told the television station that Mexican drug cartels will find an “economic” way to compete with U.S. pot producers by producing more of the drug and selling it for less. In October 2012, the Mexican Competitiveness Institute issued a report “If Our Neighbors Legalize,” which was reported on by Fox News and other media outlets. The report said legalization of pot in U.S. states could “cut Mexican drug cartel earnings from traffic to the U.S. by as much as 30%.”

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