The U.S. won't change its nature but could change its policies

摘要

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, MEXICANS have argued that were it not for U.S. demand for illicit substances, Mexico would have a manageable drug problem. More recently, we have also contended that absent the U.S.'s laxity on arms sales and its tolerance for the possession of extraordinarily dangerous weapons, the violence in our country would not be what it has become. Lately our leaders have added a new gripe: Americans are hypocrites because they support prohibitionist and costly drug enforcement policies—yet, through the specious fallacy of medical marijuana, are legalizing drugs without saying so.