Reducing Drug Trafficking Revenues and Violence in Mexico: Would Legalizing Marijuana in California Help?

By Jonathan CaulkinsBrittany M. BondPeter H Reuter, et al.

U.S. demand for illicit drugs creates markets for Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) and helps foster violence in Mexico. This paper examines how marijuana legalization in California might influence DTO revenues and the violence in Mexico.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833051075
• ISBN13: 9780833051073
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"