Costs by Region: North America

Here the former Mexican president (outgoing at the time of article), Felipe Calderon, argues that the drug trade is impossible to end. He claims that the U.S. has a responsibility to the moral issue of the power and money that their drug consumption gives criminals in Mexico and focuses on this as the biggest part of the Mexican War on Drugs.

Examines the global rise in drug use, specifically illustrates problems in the USA: the Worlds largest consumer of drugs, and in Mexico: it's main supplier. 

A Guardian article examining the link between the escalating violence in Mexico and the high demand for recreational drugs in America. 

The author focuses on the violence inherent in the war on drugs particularly in Mexico, and highlights the ineffectiveness of current US drug policy in stopping the flow of drugs.