Drug Wars in Mexico While there are drug wars happening in many places of Mexico‚ the U.S. is trying to help the cause and stop the war. Money is not going to be enough to stop the drug wars though‚ America has to stop this problem at the root‚ which is the demand for these drugs. Many innocent citizens of Mexico are killed and constantly being threatened. Violence suffocates the streets putting visitors at risk of their lives as well. Many believe that a lot of this has to do with the corrupt
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“Instead of war on poverty‚ they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. And I ain’t never did a crime I ain’t have to do.” -Tupac. The war on drugs targeted many communities particularly those of color. Throughout America‚ people of color have always been the target. In the 1980’s and 90’s the drug war increased drastically. The war on drugs was just another reason to fuck with the people of color. The United States constantly targets minorities‚ and the crisis of the drug war increased
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United States of America are at war. A war on drugs that we are losing‚ and have been battling for over a century. Violent crimes and neglected children are only the start of where our our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons are filled. Our government has spent billions of dollars trying to eradicate the drug supply. In all reality the war on drugs has expelled a terrible downturn‚ economically‚ socially‚ with prisons‚ and fighting the war in general. Currently war on drugs has had terrible effects on today’s
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The Mexican Drug War By: Blake Cohen INR2002 – Spring 2013 Jeff Hernden Word Count: 3800 Date: 4/22/13 In 2006‚ Mexico began to crack down on drug trafficking operations in union with the United States. Why all of the sudden? In regard to that question‚ my paper will include a history of events leading up to this sudden crack down on drug trafficking‚ from its start in the 1960’s until today. After the history of the drug war‚ I will discuss the main states involved like the United States
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Drug production and drug dealing today has become a substantial source of revenue. Whether for making up budget deficits or for the enrichment of certain individuals‚ population groups‚ firms or even countries‚ drugs are distributed worldwide. Drugs also involve economically marginalized sectors of the population‚ such as peasant producers or some small-scale drug dealers‚ criminal organizations or certain closely-knit sectors of society in the world of business or State institutions. The recycling
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There is a war going on currently south of our border. While we Americans continue to plunge ourselves in countless never ending conflicts‚ we are ignoring our own ongoing war next door. Mexico‚ our neighboring country to the south has been waging a war for years that has seemed to have gone unnoticed. This war is between the Mexican government and the cartels that seem to run the country. Just like the USA has people that support its politicians‚ the same thing happens in Mexico with the cartels
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The Mexican drug war has been a long and deadly fight between the Mexican government and the cartels in Mexico. Most of the war has been fought on the border of Mexico and the U.S.making small border communities ghost towns. The reason why these people are leaving is because of the extreme violence this war has brought on to Mexico. From 2006 to 2012 there has been 63‚000‚ deaths related to drug violence in Mexico. The war has left its mark on the people and on the government of Mexico. The government
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The War on Drugs is described as‚ the campaign of prohibition of drugs‚ it has the stated aim of reducing the illegal drug trade. The number of drug arrest have rise and now it accounts for almost a quarter of the people locked up in America‚ however‚ drug use rates have remained steady. The War on Drugs have been going on for almost 40 years‚ that means that means that trillions of dollars have been spend and this "War" has been innerective. The drug use rate has not declined‚ but many people who
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Mexican Drug War Background ! Mexico has had a reputation for trafficking drugs to the United States and South America since the major trafficking started in the early 1960s‚ but the drug trade between the United States and Mexico started in 1933 when the United States revoked the alcohol prohibition. It is easy for the drug cartels and traffickers to move the drugs through Mexico because of its prime location between the United States and South America. Also do to the cartels in nearby
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Mexican Drug War Alex Woodman The drug trade in Mexico has flourished since World War II. The drug lords and kingpins have as much power or more power than the government. In 2006‚ Felipe Calderon took office as Mexico’s President. His first act as President was to declare war on the drug cartels. Since then‚ the violence towards government officials and military/police personnel has increased dramatically. Although cries from the citizens of Mexico call for the violence to stop‚ the government
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