Norcal and Arizona drug interdiction are apples and oranges.It doesn't matter WHAT is being smuggled into our country, the cartels will smuggle whatever is illegal. If down feather pillows became illegal tomorrow, I gaurantee you that we'd see mules with burlap sacks of pillows strapped to their backs trying to sneak past us. I don't give a crap about WHAT they're smuggling, it's the fact that members of another country are crossing OUR borders bringing in contraband and not being prosecuted to the fullest. Try that in Pakistan and you'll get shot without question, meanwhile, in the "lets give criminals a fighting chance" mindset of America, aiding and abetting smugglers by leaving food and water along the trail, in the name of humanitarian aid, is somehow not a criminal offense.
The flow of marijuana from Mendocino is not exactly Scarface, despite what Obama's DEA has you believe.
And even if marijuana is a harmless drug, the same smuggling channels through Mexico are also used by coke dealers, which is a huge problem.
That's why I hate cocaine so much: every snort in America is directly responsible for every drug murder in Mexico.