Jul 27, 2015 last week, the mexican government released new data showing that between 2007 and 2014 a period that accounts for some of the bloodiest years of the nations war against the drug cartels. Treat drug use as a public health issue with socioeconomic causes and consequences, rather than as a criminal justice matter. Causes and unintended consequences find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The unintended negative consequences of the war on drugs. The continued failure of the war on drugs cato institute. This major, avoidable cause of young peoples suffering persists despite the. The causes of mexicos drug war abstract this work advances a theory about corruption, criminal organizations, and violence to show how political institutions set incentives and constraints that lead criminal organizations behave, organize, compromise or ght one another. Benson and others published escalating the war on drugs. While the domestic impact of the war on drugs is profound, its. Developing countries and the war on drugs world bank documents.
Us governments war on drugs 40 years ago, policymakers believed. Independent from the many incentives created by the laborintensive drug industry, the more compelling reason to get into the business of producing drugs is a very simple one. This marked a significant shift in american foreign policy. How government structure encourages criminal violence. The immense impact of the war on drugs on american history is the reason for this thesis. Four decades and counting the continued failure of the war on drugs. While the domestic impact of the war on drugs is profound, its consequences do not. Reminds readers that mexico, a country with a relatively low level of domestic drug abuse, spends substantial portions of its police and military budgets combating drug traffic.
Mexican authorities have been waging a war against drug trafficking organizations dtos for more than a decade, but with limited success. The staggering death toll of mexicos drug war drug lord. While one kilogram of corn has a market value of four pesos, drug smugglers pay up to 10,000 pesos for one kilogram of opium. Since the idea of communist control caused an uneasy feeling with most americans, reagan. The war on drugs has seen the unwavering application of punitive criminal sanctions for drug offenders, with little differentiation between use and possession, at one end of the scale, and largescale trafficking with links to organised crime, at the other end. During the 1970s, president richard nixon declared war on drugs. This drug war is across multiple countries but the focus of this paper will be on the crosssection of the us and mexico within the frame of the causes and effects of the drug war. The legal and judicial system was overhauled to make drug use and sale, a serious offense with grave consequences. These documents give us a historical perspective that.
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