El Chapo says, “Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta!”A couple months ago, the Department of Justice reported that Mexican marijauna cartels were moving into Washington state. Well, just this month, the head of one such cartel scored himself an amusing entry on Forbes’ list of billionaires. Five-foot-tall Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as “El Chapo” (Shorty) of the Sinaloa Cartel*, is now the 701st richest individual in the world, worth $1 billion. Says Forbes:Escaped from federal prison in 2001, reportedly through the laundry, and quickly regained control of his drug trafficking organization, which he still controls today. In 2008 Mexican and Colombian traffickers laundered between $18 billion and $39 billion in proceeds from wholesale shipments to the U.S. Shorty, an alleged tunnels expert, is believed to have directed anywhere from a third to half of that during the past 8 years.Shorty’s cartel’s main product is cocaine, but they supposedly move at least a hundred tons of weed a year as well. Welcome to Washington, Shorty. We actually have our own protection racket going up here. If you want us to stick to the policies and habits that have made you rich, you’d be wise to cough up a little cash to help us with our budget deficit. We know you’re good for it! Or maybe we could just stop wasting money and decriminalize already…*Not to be confused with recording artist, Ernesto “El Chapo de la Sinaloa” Perez.