A New Approach to Decreasing Drug-related Violence
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings Institution | August 9, 2012
Policies put in place to reduce violence stemming from organized drugs, either by legalizing or suppressing drug flows, are ineffective. ++ Though many believe legalization will mitigate financial loses from organized crime, thus reducing drugs, smuggling will still persist in less robust states that suffer from ineffective law enforcement. ++ What is needed instead, is for states to strengthen their bonds with marginalized communities thereby weakening organized crime and encouraging obedience of the laws amongst publics.
