Mar 2, 2011

Whack-a-mole vs. legalization: Why Mexico's losing its drug war

Why Mexico's losing its drug war - NYPOST.com: "As he visits Washington today, here's something for Mexican President Fe lipe Calderon to discuss with President Obama: Calderon's war on the drug gangs is costing a lot in American money and Mexican blood -- and he's losing. ...

The ultimate solution is legalization, which would lower profits and take violence out of the drug trade -- just as the end of Prohibition reduced America's gang problem. But there's no political appetite so far (on either side of the border) for legalizing drugs.

Instead, Washington muddles on with an expensive and extremely deadly conceit -- pretending that all we need to do is pour some money on the problem, and Mexico's federal government will somehow eventually prevail."

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