Drug trafficking

Ch. 1. Can drug trafficking be stopped? A balanced antidrug strategy can stop drug trafficking / Drug Enforcement Administration ; The U.S.'s Andean Counterdrug Initiative is reducing drug production in Latin America / Robert B. Charles ; The United States must win the War on Drugs / Lou Dobbs ; The War on Drugs cannot be won by fighting drug trafficking / Gary Becker ; Global drug trafficking cannot be stopped / Moises Naim ; The United States cannot stop drugs from being grown in Latin America / Ted Galen Carpenter ; Attempts to stop international drug trafficking do not hinder the U.S. drug trade / John M. Walsh

ch. 2. Are efforts to stop drug trafficking harming the United States? Banning the sale of drugs increases crime / Joel Miller ; Efforts to stop drug trafficking harm patients with chronic pain / Jacob Sullum ; The War on Drugs harms minorities / Jesselyn McCurdy ; Innocent convenience store clerks are being jailed because of the War on Drugs / Drug Reform Coordination Network ; Fighting drug trafficking makes the United States more secure / Office of National Drug Control Policy ; The production of methamphetamine is dangerous and must be stopped / Mark Shook ; Doctors who treat chronic pain patients do not need to fear the War on Drugs / Karen P. Tandy

ch. 3. How does the War on Drugs affect Latin America? Overview: the War on Drugs in Latin America / Michael Shifter ; The War on Drugs harms human rights and democracy in Mexico / Laurie Freeman and Jorge Luis Sierra ; Drug cartels threaten the rule of law in Mexico / Larry Birns and Alex Sanchez ; Drug-related corruption threatens the rule of law in Guatemala / Frank Smyth ; The War on Drugs hurts poor Colombian farmers / Garry Leech ; Legalizing drugs would improve the situation in Colombia / Toby Muse

ch. 4. Are efforts to stop drug trafficking helping the War on Terror? Terrorism around the world is funded by drug trafficking / Asa Hutchinson ; Drug trafficking fuels organized crime, civil wars, and terrorism / Antonio Maria Costa ; Islamic terrorist groups use heroin to finance their terrorism / Josh Lefkowitz and Erick Stakelbeck ; Outlawing drug trafficking helps to support terrorists / Ted Galen Carpenter ; Legalizing heroin would stifle black market trade and terrorists' profits / Scott McPherson ; The United States should encourage legal opiate production in Afghanistan / Anne Applebaum.