In lieu of ending drug prohibition and stripping the drug traffickers of their ability to function, the Mexican government has put together a $270 million rescue package for Ciudad Juarez. The campaign is called "Todos Somos Juárez" -- "We are all Juarez". Few believe the campaign can turn the city around anytime soon.

The Denver Post opines that as Colorado embarks on the laborious process of writing rules for the medical marijuana industry, it is clear that regulators would be in a much better position to enforce the complex new law if they had banking records to review. Unfortunately, that is becoming more difficult as banks, concerned that marijuana is still illegal under federal law, shy away from holding accounts for medical marijuana businesses.

Following legislation passed earlier this year, medical marijuana businesses in Colorado must apply for operating licenses through both the state and the municipalities in which they operate. As of today, none of the estimated 100 dispensaries and greenhouses doing business in Boulder has turned in a completed application, which some business owners say is lengthy, complicated and expensive to put together.

In some states drug dealers have to pay taxes on their drugs. If they don't in South Carolina, they can be fined up to $10,000 and get up to five years in prison. Perhaps the state needs to get the word out better -- in fiscal year 2007-2008, the South Carolina Department of Revenue collected only $214.

Unfortunately, the Gaza Strip's de-facto government adopted an Egyptian law that permits the execution of convicted drug dealers, and it's using it.