Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War
The New York Times (US)
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
When policy makers in Washington worry about Mexico these days, they think in terms of a handful of numbers: Mexico’s 19,500 hectares devoted to poppy cultivation for heroin; its 17,500 hectares growing cannabis; the 95 percent of American cocaine imports brought by Mexican cartels through Mexico and Central America. They are thinking about the wrong numbers. (Graphic: The Price of Failure)
