The growing State approval of Marijuana use in the US is forcing Mexico's drug syndicates to revisit their current business model, Yahoo said.
Since last month, Americans have been legally allowed to use cannabis in the US capital. Joining DC is Alaska and Oregon will follow shortly in July. There are a total of 23 States that has legalized marijuana for medical purposes despite the fact that majority of Americans show disapproval of the legalization, based from polls.
With these current changes in marijuana legalization in the US, Mexico drug cartels are motivated to look differently at the market.
According to France 24, a security expert at the National Autonomous University of Mexico confirmed that while US domestic production of cannabis increases it will also affect the production in Mexico.
With this in effect, drug syndicates will not look for an increase exports to Europe and other possible consumers within Mexico, the expert added.
While marijuana can be grown by any average Americans, another drug is being eyed as a potential front runner to grow at a very fast pace in the coming months, Heroine. In Mexico, poppy fields outnumber marijuana plantations 3:1, confirmed by military commander in Durango.
Heroin consumption in the United States has increased rapidly due to tighter controls of prescription opioid drugs as confirmed by a member of the International Narcotics Control Board.
The expert on Narcotics also said that opiate-dependent users are slowly turning towards heroin, a cheaper and more accessible compared to those prescribed medicines, he added.
It is estimated that the US Heroine market is at $27 billion in 2010. Marijuana, on the other hand, is a more lucrative venture with $41 billion on that same year as confirmed by the US government.