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Author:

Carpenter, Ted Galen. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88013410

Title:

Troubled neighbor : Mexico's drug violence poses a threat to the United States / by Ted Galen Carpenter.

Publisher:

publisher not identified,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

14 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Drug control--Mexico.
Drug traffic--Mexico.
National security--Mexico.
National security--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.

Other Authors:

Cato Institute. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78006519

Notes:

"February 2, 2009." Caption title. Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-14).

Summary:

Abandoning the prohibitionist model of dealing with the drug problem is the only effective way to stem the violence in Mexico and its spillover into the United States. Other proposed solutions, including preventing the flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico, establishing tighter control over the border, and (somehow) winning the war on drugs are futile. As long as the prohibitionist strategy is in place, the huge black market premium in illegal drugs will continue, and the lure of that profit, together with the illegality, guarantees that the most ruthless, violence-prone elements will dominate the trade. Ending drug prohibition would de-fund the criminal trafficking organizations and reduce their power.

Series:

Policy analysis ; no. 631

OCLC:

(OCoLC)311601831

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)