The politics of Mexican drug policy
James C. McKinley, Jr.'s report in the New York Times centers on the human interest stories of recovering addicts, but the implications for political and policy change are present.What political implications could your students identify?
Drug Trade, Once Passing By, Takes Root in Mexico
"Today, Mexico is no longer just a transit country for drugs bound for the United States. It is a country of drug users as well.
"As Mexican drug cartels have grown in power, they have begun to open up local markets for cheap forms of highly addictive drugs like crack and ice, as methamphetamine is known. Now even medium-sized towns... have large and growing populations of addicts, along with a rise in violent crime...
"The trend has alarmed Mexican officials. In July, President Felipe Calderón set in motion a program to test all high school students for drugs. The attorney general, Eduardo Medina Mora, has repeatedly raised a red flag in recent months..."
Labels: Mexico, policy, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:55 AM
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