If You're a Vegetarian Who Uses Illegal Drugs, You Are a HUGE Hypocrite.

Mario Berlanga, a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Class of 2016, recently gave this talk before his peers:

In it, he discussed the tragic and horrifying reality of the illegal drug supply chain.

He shares stories about friends and families being kidnapped and murdered by drug cartels. He shares statistics about how many men, women, law enforcement officers, and children will be killed during his short speech.

If it doesn't break your heart, you aren't human.

Berlanga proceeds to discuss the hypocrisy of people who buy sweatshop-free clothing, wear conflict-free diamonds, and eat vegetarian or vegan foods... only to use illegal drugs.

Because the impact you will have on human lives by using illegal drugs is infinitely larger than the one you will have by choosing conflict-free diamonds. 

And if you're a vegetarian who uses illegal drugs, it means you care about livestock lives more than human lives. 

It means you're okay with funding mass murders carried out by drug cartels. You're okay with gangs forcing children -- children! -- to work for them. To carry their drugs and do their dirty work and kill for them.

In other words: if you do illegal drugs, you are a horrible person.

The obvious exception is using legal marijuana or drugs whose source you know is not a cartel. 

Berlanga ends by saying: 

I desperately need your held. I know that each one of us can bring about a huge change. Think about this: 

Recreational users spend between $200 and 2,000 every month. Just to give you a picture of what this means for the cartels:

With $200, they can get a tousand new rounds of ammunition.

$500, a brand new AK-47 rifle.

$700 pays the monthly cost of a full-time employee on their death squad.

What if you, or someone close to you, stopped buying drugs? You could single-handedly help prevent several kidnappings, extortions, or worse.

​Take his words to heart. Make moral decisions.