letter to editor

Dear editor,
I was pleased to see that The Denver Post's March 26th editorial "Drug’s not just Mexico’s issue" presented a variety of diverse key facts that are usually omitted in the debate on whether or not Mexico’s drug issue should be considered an issue of our own as well. It was pointed out the violence that has been taking place during the drug wars across the border have started to cross over to the United States, with numerous reported kidnappings and murders not only taking place in boring states, but also as far as Atlanta. Because these violent issues, and many others, it is safe to say that the drug war has indeed become a problem of the United States. Because of these problems that the US has recently faced I agree that something does have to be done by our government to end the drug fight, however, the steps that we are taking towards an end to these wars may not be the most effective. Part of the problems that are taking place across the border are actually due to the drug problems that we have here in the US. By stopping these problems first, we will be able to focus our money and time on eliminating Mexico’s drug problems in their country alone. Therefore, the first step in fighting this drug war would be eliminating form the US. I agree with your statement that the Colorado government in particular, has not taken the proper steps in fighting drug problems. Instead of focusing on ending current addictions, we should transfer our focus to fight drug sales in the first place. I agree that putting harder consequences on those involved in the drug environment would be a perfectly edible first step.
However, I believe that by the United States government merely providing stimulus money as a means of protection from the drug war entering in our country will do more harm than good. First of all, Mexico’s government might consider the idea of relying purely on our “charity” money to fight the war instead of creating ideas of their own that would provide the intelligence to fight this war from the inside out. By providing money and troops to the Mexican government, we are basically telling the already faulty government, that relying on troops and money from another country is the way to solve your internal problems. This could potentially have minimal benefits for the time being, but as for the future, we will have to support our tactis used before and fish them out of all their problems using our money and troops. A better way to help fight this war from an outside country, would be to help them produce an intelligent plan to stop drug violence, and drug problems altogether.
Sincerely,
Kristen Wilson