Mexico Should Ask Trump to Pay for the Drug War | Huffington PostIf Trump persists in sending a bill
Mexico Should Ask Trump to Pay for the Drug War | Huffington PostIf Trump persists in sending a bill to Mexico City for his wall, President Enrique Peña Nieto should seriously consider sending a bill in return to Washington to pay for the U.S. drug war.For years now, Mexico has paid an extraordinarily high price in lives and social disruption for Washington’s insistence that North America’s drug problem be tackled south of the border, where the drugs are grown and transported, rather than primarily in clinics and halfway houses at home to treat the medical and psychological issues of users.Let him build his wall and see if that keeps out all the drugs. If not, maybe by then Mexico will be able to offer some useful advice on how to fight the drug problem not with guns, but with more enlightened policies. full article -- source link
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