“War on drugs is a series of actions tending toward a prohibition of illegal drug trade. It is a campaign adopted by the U.S. government along with the foreign military aid and with the assistance of participating countries, to both define and to end the import, manufacture, sale, and use of illegal drugs. This initiative includes a set of U.S. drug policies that are proposed to discourage the production, distribution, and consumption of illegal psychoactive drugs.” ("War on Drugs Law & Legal Definition")
The idea of America’s involvement in Mexico’s drug war was a topic that the public and government denied at first. When the number of addicts rose along with the amount of narcotics in the U.S. the idea no longer became impossible. The idea …show more content…
When the availability of a drug is low, then the price and demand will go up. So when a drug is made illegal to get or produce in the United States other countries like Mexico raise their prices to match the rising need for their drugs. With this addicts are able to get their drugs and the suppliers are able to get their money, so a cycle begins. With this cycle addicts will pay and do anything to get their fix, whether it be that they become inside men or dealers themselves. In the cycle suppliers cannot sell more of a good than buyers are willing to buy, and with that buyers cannot buy more of a good than suppliers are willing to supply. The point where the benefits of all buyers and all suppliers in a market meet determines the quantity of goods produced and what the price of each unit of that good is. This point where both sides are benefited is called equilibrium. The total value of that market is the quantity of goods sold times the price of each individual unit ("Is the US to Blame for Mexico's Drugs Violence | Idebate.org"). With supply and demand the United States plays a key role in the statistic of this. America is known for its fixed need for more narcotics. CNN's Jack Cafferty writes "The United States is the largest illegal drug market in the world. Americans want their weed, crack, cocaine, and heroin, whatever. And they are willing to pay big money to get it." (CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016). The Mexican cartel are willing to get or make the drugs in return for enormous amounts of money. The steady need for drugs from Mexico is due to the United States having restrictive drug laws at every level of government to keep supply down. Its national, state, and local police forces engage in drug interdiction, finding and removing drugs from the market and burning entire fields of drug crops. For decades, America has pressured its
The idea of America’s involvement in Mexico’s drug war was a topic that the public and government denied at first. When the number of addicts rose along with the amount of narcotics in the U.S. the idea no longer became impossible. The idea …show more content…
When the availability of a drug is low, then the price and demand will go up. So when a drug is made illegal to get or produce in the United States other countries like Mexico raise their prices to match the rising need for their drugs. With this addicts are able to get their drugs and the suppliers are able to get their money, so a cycle begins. With this cycle addicts will pay and do anything to get their fix, whether it be that they become inside men or dealers themselves. In the cycle suppliers cannot sell more of a good than buyers are willing to buy, and with that buyers cannot buy more of a good than suppliers are willing to supply. The point where the benefits of all buyers and all suppliers in a market meet determines the quantity of goods produced and what the price of each unit of that good is. This point where both sides are benefited is called equilibrium. The total value of that market is the quantity of goods sold times the price of each individual unit ("Is the US to Blame for Mexico's Drugs Violence | Idebate.org"). With supply and demand the United States plays a key role in the statistic of this. America is known for its fixed need for more narcotics. CNN's Jack Cafferty writes "The United States is the largest illegal drug market in the world. Americans want their weed, crack, cocaine, and heroin, whatever. And they are willing to pay big money to get it." (CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016). The Mexican cartel are willing to get or make the drugs in return for enormous amounts of money. The steady need for drugs from Mexico is due to the United States having restrictive drug laws at every level of government to keep supply down. Its national, state, and local police forces engage in drug interdiction, finding and removing drugs from the market and burning entire fields of drug crops. For decades, America has pressured its