The US federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs. This equates to $500 per second spent on battling this epidemic. (New York Times 2014) From President Richard Nixon launching Operation Intercept 1 in 1969, Ronald Reagan’s Operation Condor in the early 1980’s to President Obama’s “narcoterrorism” in the 2000’s the US has a long standing battle against drug trade in Mexico. The War on Drugs contributes to multiple challenges in the United States; Health Care Cost, Gang Violence, Money Laundering, Political and Economic Gain and Illegal Gun and Weapon Trades. Do these costs and political challenges make the War on Drug’s
The US federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs. This equates to $500 per second spent on battling this epidemic. (New York Times 2014) From President Richard Nixon launching Operation Intercept 1 in 1969, Ronald Reagan’s Operation Condor in the early 1980’s to President Obama’s “narcoterrorism” in the 2000’s the US has a long standing battle against drug trade in Mexico. The War on Drugs contributes to multiple challenges in the United States; Health Care Cost, Gang Violence, Money Laundering, Political and Economic Gain and Illegal Gun and Weapon Trades. Do these costs and political challenges make the War on Drug’s