The article points to a rise in demand for heroin as a factor in the increase in violence. Now, U.S. authorities are cracking down on local heroin dealers, so of course the only thing this is accomplishing is basically protecting the market for the Mexican cartels. The solution? Legalize heroin in the US and regulate its use. Sounds crazy, right? But if it were legal, the black market would disappear, along with the violence that goes hand-in-hand with underground economies. The drug would be clean, no deadly additives such as fentanyl or elephant tranquilizer.
Drug prohibition gave rise to the bloodbath south of the border. End the drug war and the needless violence will end.
