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In July of 2009, 12 Mexican federal drug agents were tortured and killed by a Mexican drug cartel in retaliation for arresting on of the higher-ups in their organization. It was a rare occurrence to see this: drug lords directly going after federal enforcement in the name of putting fear in the government and its people as they try to continue to profit from shipping their #1 product, cocaine. Mexico is fighting a bloody war against them, and it's started to pour into U.S. border states (by the way, I think U.S. troops would be better served helping Mexico fight drug cartels, but that's another topic). The cartels best customers are in the United States, and you bet they wouldn't be going through all this trouble if there wasn't a huge demand for it.

Now when I think about everything that has taken place for the coke snorter to enjoy their fix, I can't help but be angry and outraged that an enabler, a customer of cocaine, is being a part of the problem and indirectly responsible for the many deaths in this drug war, like those 12 drug agents mentioned. So if a coke snorter gets arrested, should I feel sorry for him or her?

So this is where the title of this blog entry comes in to play.

Lindsay Lohan snorts coke. She also drinks and drives intoxicated, further putting in danger innocent bystanders. Should I feel sorry she has to serve 90 days in jail plus rehab for her actions?

I don't think so. Maybe people like Lohan should spend some time in Mexico just to see how the drug cartels treat local law enforcement and how her money is used to buy weapons and hire thugs to kill the law-abiding.

Maybe that would get the message across. Right now, there's a part of me that would like to feel sorry for the drug addicted as they try to kick their habit and get their life on track, but on the other hand, when does personal responsibilty kick in?