The War on Drugs

There was no intention of war in the beginning. The impoverished people of Mexico started out selling drugs, specifically marijuana as well as ampoule for truly noble reasons. It was out of need that drug trafficking began in Mexico. For example "In the 1950's the crises in the mine industry in the northern states of Chihuahua and Sonora compelled some workers to cultivate..." since employment was low. Since then drug trafficking has changed in many ways. Now the drug lords and the Mexican government are at war, now the people of Mexico are divided between supporting the drug cartels or supporting government action against them. In part the United States is to blame for the overwhelmingly power that the drug cartels hold. Therefore it would be fair for the Mexican and American government to work together are take down the drug cartels.

To understand the war on drugs between the Mexican government and the Mexican drug lords and their cartels one needs to know a little history. It all began in the 1940's. Cultivation of poppy for pharmaceutical use was a way for Mexico to provide employment for it's people since it was the only country in Latin America to produce opium. The United States were the one's that needed the drug In World War II, thus the first drug trafficking in Mexico was between Mexico and the United States, as it is to this day. Ten years later marijuana and ampoule began to be cultivated as a result of low employment opportunities in Chihuahua and Sonora. Then arose the 1960's and 1970's. Although the United States had drug restrictions by law, the demand rose for marijuana and heroin rose dramatically. Therefore drug cartels were able to make more money than ever because not only had the dem...

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...ruption could come to an end but it has actually increased corruption while also increasing violence because the cartels simply want to be left alone and so they terrorize the innocent to provoke the Mexican government into leaving them alone and now really the Mexican government has stepped back a bit because "More than 60000 people have died." and that was only in 2006. And the reason why the cartels can so easily fight off the Mexican government is because of the U.S. provides easy access to weapons and helps some cartels get stronger in order to catch others and also they are killing innocent people. So it seems that war on drugs is not coming to an end any time soon, but unfortunately it may be for the better. The problem can not come to and end without the help of the U.S. because of the big role they have in not only demanding drugs but also providing weapons.