drug abuses
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Title:
Surgical Strikes in the Drug Wars.
Authors:
Kleiman, Mark1
Source:
Foreign Affairs; Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 90 Issue 5, p89-101, 13p, 1 Black and White Photograph
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*DRUG traffic
*GOVERNMENT policy
*DRUGS of abuse -- Law & legislation
*DRUG abuse
*INTERNATIONAL trade
MEXICO -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
UNITED States -- Foreign economic relations -- Mexico
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UNITED States
MEXICO
:
522293 International Trade Financing
Abstract:
The article focuses on strategies for the governments in the U.S. and Mexico to deal with the illicit drug trade problem between the countries. Topics include previous policies on drug trafficking of both countries, demand for illicit drugs in the U.S. and supply in Mexico, and violence in Mexico related to drug exports to the U.S. Discussion is provided about policies surrounding reduction of drug abuse and imprisonment of drug abusers in the U.S., the effects of cannabis legalization in the U.S., and possible outcomes for giving Mexico's trafficking organizations incentives to reduce violence.
Author Affiliations:
1Professor of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
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Smarter Policies for Both Sides of the Border
MORE THAN a thousand people die each month in drug-dealing violence in Mexico, and the toll has been rising. In some parts of the country, the police find themselves outgunned by drug traffickers and must rely on the armed forces. Meanwhile, the United States suffers from the widespread abuse of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, and cannabis; violence and disorder surrounding retail drug markets; property theft and violent crime committed by drug abusers; and mass incarceration, including half a million people behind bars for drug
Title:
Surgical Strikes in the Drug Wars.
Authors:
Kleiman, Mark1
Source:
Foreign Affairs; Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 90 Issue 5, p89-101, 13p, 1 Black and White Photograph
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*DRUG traffic
*GOVERNMENT policy
*DRUGS of abuse -- Law & legislation
*DRUG abuse
*INTERNATIONAL trade
MEXICO -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
UNITED States -- Foreign economic relations -- Mexico
Geographic Terms:
UNITED States
MEXICO
:
522293 International Trade Financing
Abstract:
The article focuses on strategies for the governments in the U.S. and Mexico to deal with the illicit drug trade problem between the countries. Topics include previous policies on drug trafficking of both countries, demand for illicit drugs in the U.S. and supply in Mexico, and violence in Mexico related to drug exports to the U.S. Discussion is provided about policies surrounding reduction of drug abuse and imprisonment of drug abusers in the U.S., the effects of cannabis legalization in the U.S., and possible outcomes for giving Mexico's trafficking organizations incentives to reduce violence.
Author Affiliations:
1Professor of Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
Full Text Word Count:
ISSN:
Accession Number:
Database:
Notes:
Full Text: Translation in Progress:
Translations pSection: Essays
Smarter Policies for Both Sides of the Border
MORE THAN a thousand people die each month in drug-dealing violence in Mexico, and the toll has been rising. In some parts of the country, the police find themselves outgunned by drug traffickers and must rely on the armed forces. Meanwhile, the United States suffers from the widespread abuse of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, and cannabis; violence and disorder surrounding retail drug markets; property theft and violent crime committed by drug abusers; and mass incarceration, including half a million people behind bars for drug