QUEST FOR INTEGRITY THE MEXICAN-US DRUG ISSUE IN THE 1980S.docVIP

Reuter, P. D. Ronfeldt. (1992) Journal of Interamerican Affairs 34 (3), pp.89-153 QUEST FOR INTEGRITY: THE MEXICAN-US DRUG ISSUE IN THE 1980S 1. INTRODUCTION The flow of drugs from Mexico to the United States has been a source of trouble in US-Mexican relations for at least two decades. The dominant view in Mexico is that the problem arises from the inability of the United States to control its domestic demand for heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. The dominant US view has been that the Mexican government has failed to make effective efforts to control the supply of drugs. At times -- in parti