Drug smugglers have taken advantage of Mexico's political instability / Sam Quinones -- Mexico's fight against the drug cartels is hobbled by an ineffective criminal justice system / William Booth -- Mexico's military response to drug violence is not working / Nik Steinberg -- Mexico's military and law enforcement have been corrupted by the drug cartels / Ted Galen Carpenter -- The Mexican government's strategy to fight the drug war violates civil liberties / Laura Carlsen -- Mexico should learn from Colombia's drug enforcement strategy / Tomas Kellner and Francesco Pipitone -- Mexico's drug war has similarities to the war on terror / Mario Loyola -- Mexico's drug cartels are not terrorists / Robert Valencia -- Central American countries should legalize drugs / Jamie Dettmer -- US drug policy needs to change to end Mexico's drug wars / Jorge Castañeda -- The US will not decriminalize drugs but it will consider other new approaches / Malcolm Beith -- New political leadership in Mexico signals a shift in the approach to the drug war / Michael Weissenstein -- The merida initiative is an essential step forward in fighting Mexico's drug war / Paul McLeary -- The merida initiative is misguided and needs to be recalibrated / Manuel Pérez-Rocha.
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