Mexico Drug Reform

Drug cartels in Mexico draw their beginnings back to the swarm of Chinese immigrants in the early nineteenth century following the 1882 Chinese exclusion act in America. Opium was a common drug in china so when immigrants relocated to Mexico the opium migrated with them however opium was not the only prominent drug of the time. Canniabis was commonly grown and used in Mexico since the late 1800s. The infusion of opium in the marijuana market gave a massive boost to the illegal drug trafficking economy thus flu raisin across the border into America. In 1923 the Mexican government passed drug reform act prohibiting the sale and distribution of marijuana in Mexico however this act gave minimal contribution to halting the drug traffickers.