Sep 22nd, 2023
Can The US Solve Its Mexican Cartel Problem With Bombs?
The top two Republican candidates running for president are pushing a new strategy to deal with America’s drug problem: Targeting Mexican drug cartels with military action. The problem is that drones and missiles won’t disrupt the economic dynamics that have been driving drug traffickers for the last fifty years. In our latest video, Eduardo Porter looks at the evolution of the narcotics economy to explain how weapons alone can’t solve America’s war on drugs.
