Whack-a-mole and legalization: Ideas for dealing with the Mexican drug cartels

A New Mexico journalist proposes two options for addressing the drug war: more militarization and drug legalization. He seems to conclude that the first has many down sides (he cites Iraq, Afganistan and previous U.S. military interventions in Latin America), but he doesn't go far enough with legalization, limiting it to marijuana. But it is good to know that there are people in New Mexico discussing the issue. 

Ideas for dealing with the Mexican drug cartels | NMPolitics.net: "To address the growing problem of Mexican drug cartels, the United States has to seriously consider two ideas policymakers in Washington don’t want to touch.

Neither is popular in Washington, and I’m not endorsing either – but I am urging serious consideration of both.

The United States must consider legalizing, regulating and taxing some drugs that are currently illegal. And it must consider offering military aid to Mexico’s president."