Mar 27 2009
Really…The Demand?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has acknowledged that the war on drugs has been a failure. She has also placed the onus on the United States for fueling the Mexican drug cartels because of the high demand for illegal substances in the country. Although words do lead to progress, Clinton’s statement in no way confirms that America’s war on drugs is shifting primarily towards alleviating the demand.
This is surely a transnational struggle, yet the war is only being fought on someone else’s backyard. Some want to believe that problem resides in a foreign land, where malevolent individuals are plotting to sabotage the core values of the typical American family. They fail to see that the cause is a lot closer to home, in the poor communities, where people go hunger and where decent work is lacking. The war abroad is preventable only if the war at home comes to an end.
