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

• मुख्य लेखक: Kilmer, Beau (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Caulkins, Jonathan P. (auth), Bond, Brittany M. (auth), Reuter, Peter H. (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: RAND Corporation 2010
• विषय: History of the Americas; Criminal law & procedure; International relations; Political Science; Law; History
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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.