There Is Only One Way To Eradicate Mexico’s Drug Cartels, by Jacob G. Hornberger

Those who support making drugs illegal offer many explanations but none that make any sense. From Jacob G. Hornberger at fff.org:

There is only one way to eradicate Mexico’s drug cartels and the massive violence that has come with them. That one way is drug legalization — that is, the end of the drug war by legalizing the possession, ingestion, and distribution of all drugs. There is no other way to eradicate Mexico’s drug cartels.

Longtime readers of The Future of Freedom Foundation know that I have emphasized this point for a few decades. But it just bears repeating periodically, given that so many people, including, of course, the president of the United States, still believe that the drug cartels can be eradicated by “cracking down” in the drug war.

For example, this week the El Paso Times published a piece entitled “Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Should Accept U.S. Assistance to Combat Cartels” by Diana Washington Valdez. In her article, Valdez calls on Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum to accept Trump’s offer to employ U.S. military force against the cartels inside Mexico, an offer that Sheinbaum has refused to accept.

Valdez is an educated and experienced journalist. She earned her political science degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and has taught political science. She is an author. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs to talk on matters relating to drugs, immigration, and border issues. She has received numerous awards for her investigative reporting. You can read her impressive biography here.

Yet, here she is — honestly believing that Mexican drug cartels can be eradicated through U.S. military force. With all due respect to fine woman, that is just plain inane.

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