No, Legal US Drugs Are Not Being Trafficked Into Mexico En Masse Colleen Curry - VICE News
go to original December 11, 2014

The US Drug Enforcement Agency has now walked back statements it made about the trafficking of marijuana grown in the US to buyers in Mexico, after being met with skepticism by other law enforcement agents and experts and being pressed to divulge more information on the allegedly burgeoning problem.

The claim that Mexican drug cartel members were taking US-grown weed and selling it at a premium to Mexican customers first emerged this week in a broader NPR report on the effects of legalized marijuana on the illicit drug trade. NPR reported that the worth of Mexican marijuana had declined as high-grade US-grown weed had become more favorable to US customers.

Lawrence Payne, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Agency, told NPR that Sinaloa cartel members were now taking American pot and bringing it back across the border to sell at a premium to Mexican customers.

That claim was then repeated by Payne in a US News report, in which he said that "traffickers who are operating in the US are securing marijuana in the US that is much higher quality and more expensive for the purpose of smuggling back into Mexico for sale and distribution."

But other drug enforcement agents asked about the trend by VICE News said they would be surprised if it is true.

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