Whack-a-mole vs. legalization: Mexico Agonistes

From the National Review, an extensive review of the history and problems of the whack-a-mole drug war, which comes to the conclusion that legalization is the only way out.

Mexico Agonistes - Duncan Currie - National Review Online: "Here’s the painful, inescapable reality: Unless the United States either legalizes drugs or radically reduces its consumption of them, Mexican DTOs will continue to reap gargantuan profits and exercise tremendous power. Whenever one gang is dismantled or pushed out of a given city, other traffickers will immediately seek to grab its former territory and market share."