Source: Independent Institute
by Kristian Fors
“America’s fentanyl crisis and the deaths associated with cartel violence have a common cause: the war on drugs. The criminalization of drugs does not eliminate demand. Instead, it creates a void in the marketplace for illicit actors to fill — one that provides these actors with supernormal profits. Like compressing a strong spring, that pushes back the more you push on it — the drug war cannot be won through decapitation.” (02/24/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/02/24/mexico-war-drugs/