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1 results foundAuthor: Castaneda, Jorge Title: Time for an Alternative to Mexico's Drug War Summary: If we do not ask why Mexico got into an aggressive fight against the drug cartels, it will be very difficult to understand how to get out of it. A lot of my colleagues in Mexico and the United States say, "Well okay, whatever reasons President Felipe Calderón had for getting into this war, the fact is now we are in it and we have to do something about it." Yes, but it is not an idle exercise to go back and see to what extent this war was declared, more than five years ago, on false premises. If we worked along these three lines—combating violence, not drug trafficking; building a national police and pulling the army back; and fighting for legalization, even if we cannot do it overnight with all drugs—we will have the beginning of an alternative policy that can work. Details: Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2012. 4p. Source: Cato Institute Economic Development Bulletin, No. 16: Internet Resource: Accessed September 30, 2012 at http://www.cato.org/pubs/edb/edb16.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Mexico URL: http://www.cato.org/pubs/edb/edb16.pdf Shelf Number: 126504 Keywords: Drug Control (Mexico)Drug Policy (Mexico)War on Drugs (Mexico) |