300-acre pot plantation discovered in northern Mexico

The Mexican army seems to have discovered a camouflaged, irrigated 300-acre marijuana-growing plantation in the middle of a desert 200 miles south of the U.S. border.

The plants would have produced an estimated $153 million worth of pot per year, or enough to keep every member of the California legislature high for six months.

Folks, if the cartels are growing this much weed just across the border, it's extremely unlikely that our best efforts will be able to stop more than a fraction of it--say, half for a first hack. Now, half of $153 mill is roughly $75 million bucks, most of which goes to the grower/supplier. That's enough money to bribe any government official needed.

And that's assuming the family of the Mexican president didn't own a big chunk of the operation to begin with.

Regardless of how one feels about weed, I think this is a pretty clear indication that it's time to legalize the stuff and let American entrepreneurs compete with foreign suppliers. Recall that banning alcohol in the U.S. back in the 1920's had very little effect on consumption. All it did was funnel millions of dollars to organized crime.