The root problem is that there is a huge self capturing black market demand for drugs, which itself is a problem rooted in capitalist countries throughout the americas prioritizing GDP expansion over human wellbeing.
It’s the result of failing healthcare systems, the evaporation of 3rd places, the requirement of a car to survive, the failing housing system, the lack of job security and mobility, etc
No amount of military intervention can change that. Even if you somehow successfully destroyed every cartel with a button press, they’d all be replaced overnight because of the huge demand for drugs.
What can actually effect the demand is:
food, water, housing, education and healthcare being well funded human rights
mixed used development/relaxation of zoning laws
transportation infrastructure that allows people to actually have a choice in how they get places
unions, workplace democracy, worker protections
You get the picture. Life actually has to be worth living.
The root problem is that there is a huge self capturing black market demand for drugs, which itself is a problem rooted in capitalist countries throughout the americas prioritizing GDP expansion over human wellbeing.
It’s the result of failing healthcare systems, the evaporation of 3rd places, the requirement of a car to survive, the failing housing system, the lack of job security and mobility, etc
No amount of military intervention can change that. Even if you somehow successfully destroyed every cartel with a button press, they’d all be replaced overnight because of the huge demand for drugs.
What can actually effect the demand is:
food, water, housing, education and healthcare being well funded human rights
mixed used development/relaxation of zoning laws
transportation infrastructure that allows people to actually have a choice in how they get places
unions, workplace democracy, worker protections
You get the picture. Life actually has to be worth living.