The Fire Next Door: Mexico’s Drug Violence and the Danger to America
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a href=http://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-video/fire-next-door-mexicos-drug-violence-danger-america The Fire Next Door: Mexico’s Drug Violence and the Danger to America /a
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p In a href=https://www.cato.org/store/books/fire-next-door-mexicos-drug-violence-danger-america-hardcoverhis compelling new book/a, a href=https://www.cato.org/people/ted-galen-carpenterTed Galen Carpenter/a details the growing horror overtaking Mexico and explains how the current U.S.-backed strategies for trying to stem Mexico’s drug violence have been a disaster. The only effective strategy, says Carpenter, is to defund the Mexican drug cartels by abandoning the failed drug prohibition policy, thereby eliminating the lucrative black‐market premium and greatly reducing the financial resources of the drug cartels./p
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