Fiore Cartoon: Narco Trafficking

Thu Apr. 1, 2010 10:34 AM PDT

With California one step closer to legalizing marijuana, the weed debate has reached a fevered pitch.

In the cartoon below, satirist Mark Fiore offers his perspective: Why make pot legal when traffickers are all too happy to smuggle it at the expense of human lives?

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