Adding to Madame Amy's post, trying to stop the war on drugs is like trying to stop the sun from rising. Its not going to happen. With that said, why don't they stop the fight and start the control. The Mexican cartel has power, because we let them. We're giving them business. There are solutions.
You always hear "Legalize it!" and there's an obvious rift in Americans about the subject. The 70's and 80's were the major cocaine era's, but these day's, it seems almost out of fashion. Especially with younger generations. The American struggle is now in marijuana. So, how do we stop the violence over this? Legalize is right. Imagine government grown, inspected, and distributed marijuana. With the quality difference alone, the Americans would stop buying from the cartels. Not to mention the in house money the nation would acquire to settle our debts. As for the other drugs, keep up the good fight. You have to crawl before you walk.
The solution for Mexico might be one similar to Portugal's. Portugal decriminalized all drugs and the numbers have shown dramatic drops in all areas. Specifically, the use by teens and homeless people. The savings they acquired has accumulated in vast numbers due to less prison sentences and offered therapy sessions to peoples out of control. This would not work for the United States, being that we are a little more conservative than most. But, like I said before, baby step, and the cartels will fall; on both fronts.
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