Whack-a-mole: U.S. should help Mexico by ending 'war on drugs' and easy weapons supply | Seattle Times Newspaper

Here is a clear argument for the U.S. ending its "whack-a-mole" war on drugs and controlling the sale of asssult weapoons in order to help Mexico. 

U.S. should help Mexico by ending 'war on drugs' and easy weapons supply | Seattle Times Newspaper. It is tempting to turn our gaze away from the news of mayhem and sadistic acts of violence coming out of Mexico. But we must not, and cannot afford to, turn away. The well-being of Mexico is vital to the well-being of the United States. We are neighbors and economic partners who share a continent and a common destiny. Any effective prescription to pull Mexico back from the abyss will require cooperation — as well as introspection and substantive policy changes — from the United States.

The U.S. should openly join the conversation on strategic and selective decriminalization of drugs like marijuana and impose strict controls on gun sales along the U.S. side of our common border. Clearly, most of Mexico's problems need to be solved in Mexico, by Mexicans, but these are two crucial steps we can take on our side of the border to reduce the flow of money and guns fueling Mexico's drug mafias. This one-two punch would deliver a damaging blow to the criminal organizations terrorizing Mexico. Sept. 16, 2010, OpEd by Ted Lewis, Director of the Mexico Program of Global Exchange.