How should the US react to Mexicos drug violence?
The United States, progressive in many fields such as Science and Technology, has an antiquated approach to dealing with drug control. The traditional model of arresting people for drug possession and incarcerating them does not work. With a staggering 1,841,200 state and local arrests for drug abuse violations in the United States in 2007, at an average cost of $32,000 for housing a prisoner, the United States would spend $58,918,400,000 if each person arrested was incarcerated for a year. These figures do not include the costs of paying police, prison guards, etc. American tax payers are paying the price for a government that fails to embrace Federal regulation of drugs. With violence escalating between the Mexican Government and the Mexican Drug Cartels, the Obama administration is forced to make a crucial decision on drug policies. Americans are tired of ‘blanket word’ wars, such as the War on Terror and the War on Drugs. While drugs continue to remain illegal, the allure of money
