August, 2009

The Forty Years’ War

by Ted Galen Carpenter
The Conversation
August 24th, 2009

Both Jorge Castaneda and Stephanie Hanson make some compelling points. Dr. Castaneda is absolutely correct that Mexico cannot go it alone with regard to significant drug policy reforms. Despite its self-inflicted wounds (most notably the Iraq war and the domestic financial meltdown), the United States is still the 800-pound gorilla in the international system. Mexico [...]

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The Eroding Support for the Drug War

by Jorge Castaneda
The Conversation
August 21st, 2009

On Stephanie Hanson’s reflections, I think two points are in order. First, today President Calderón signed into law a bill passed by Congress three months ago increasing the amounts of legally possessed drugs, from heroin, to meth, to cocaine. The allowed quantities are very small (smaller than in a similar bill passed in 2006 but [...]

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