Illicit agriculture vs. organized crime

It was once prognosticated that the only things the United States of the future will produce competitively are action movies and pizza delivery. Not so: it turns out that the multi-billion dollar United States marijuana industry, once heavily reliant on nasty Mexican drug cartels, is now producing nearly half of what it consumes domestically.

Why is this relevant? It turns out that while these cartels export meth, coke, heroin, and other 'hard' drugs, the majority of their revenue comes from the production of pot. It's this money that is fueling the violence that is plaguing many parts of Mexico.