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Senators Told U.S. Troops Not Needed in Mexican Drug Effort

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“The United States does not need to send troops to the border in response to Mexico’s drug war, nor is Mexico in danger of becoming a failed state, law enforcement officials told a congressional panel Monday. Witnesses testifying before members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in El Paso urged the lawmakers to bolster law enforcement in the region, increase aid to Mexico and push to reform institutions whose weaknesses had been exposed by the struggle with drug trafficking gangs.” (Los Angeles Times ^[1], Tuesday)

Missing the point.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Re-legalization of Drugs” ^[2] by Tibor R. Machan and Mark Thornton

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[1] Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-drug-war31-2009mar31,0,6948099.story

[2] “The Re-legalization of Drugs”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-re-legalization-of-drugs/

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