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U.S. Drug Habit Migrates to Mexico
By Sam Logan and Kate Kaires
The seemingly insatiable U.S. appetite for drugs manifests itself on
every level, from local neighborhoods to the halls of power in
Washington. For a long time, the United States' addiction to cocaine
and heroin was seen as strictly a U.S. problem. Compared to the United
States, drug demand in Latin America remained relatively low and
countries south of the Rio Grande kept mainly to production and
distribution. As long as U.S. demand created a market, Latin America
would supply. Criminals in Colombia and Mexico, in particular, focused
on feeding the beast, making billions of dollars in the process.
But the nature of drug demand in the United States has changed. With
the heavy and relatively rapid onset of demand for methamphetamine
(meth), a new paradigm has formed. In the past, demand for the drugs
coming out of Latin America remained inside the United States. Today
demand has begun to spread out from the United States to Mexico, and
possibly beyond.
Sam Logan (www.samuellogan.com) is an investigative journalist who has
covered security, energy, politics, economics, organized crime,
terrorism, and black markets in Latin America since 1999. He has
reported from Santiago, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Buenos Aires. He
currently lives in Rio de Janeiro. Sam holds a masters degree in
International Policy Studies, and has earned a specialization in
Security and Development in South America.
Kate Kairies is a freelance journalist based in Washington, DC. She
reports on economics, trade, security, and cultural issues. Kate holds
a masters degree in International Relations and Economics from the
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
See new IRC article online at:
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/3976
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