The Drug War

The U.S./Mexico drug war has been a constant battle and never seems to subside. There are two components to this problem: the buyer and seller. The buyer is here in America and the seller is drug cartels in Mexico. I feel this problem has been handled completely wrong. America blames Mexico and Mexico blames America. The finger pointing has gotten nowhere and the problem has only increased.
    America claims that Mexico brings in illegal immigrant that possess drugs. They claim them to be the problem, and has fueled this hatred against Mexican immigrants. The thing is in order for these people to migrate to the United States they have to go through coyotes, who are men that help them. Many times these men are members of a certain cartel. They have heartless methods and it is all business to them. They tell these people to take their drugs over for them, or they will punish them. These good people just trying to make a life for themselves have no choice but to do this, and when caught, they are blamed. So American media drills it into society to have undocumented migrants associated with drugs. The problem is not immigration, but the cartels themselves. These cartels have much power and do anything in their power to get what they want. They spread violence like a plague and send to wrong message for the normal people. Yet America blames these normal people exploited by these cartels as the problem. They have it all wrong and do not see that they help the problem.
     America blames Mexico and many other Latin American countries for their drug problem. America has the most drug users here more than any other country. Even in Mexico and Colombia where they are made, people do not use as much drugs here. People say they used drugs to escape their hard lives, yet people there have much harder lives. That says that something here in America is not being done right to raise people to stay away from drug use. Since there is such a demand for drugs here, there needs to be a supply. It is economics and cocaine is native to Latin America. For these people there who live tough and have very limited options, they go with whatever they can to survive. These drug cartels know that and recruit many people, offering them a good life. Then, all the guns used by these cartels are actually from America. Guns are illegal in Mexico, so America keeps these cartels in power by fueling there firepower. How are you going to complain about a weed problem, when you give it water? It does not make sense to me. It is all money-based and they use lies and deception to keep people in check.
     America has the power to do many things yet feel it is not necessary until it is a real problem. They spend more money fixing problems, where they could prevent them. They could offer opportunities in these countries so drug trafficking is not their only option. They could also do more to prevent drug use here if they see they problem is that bad. They have the diagnostic of the problem all wrong and use it to blame illegal immigrants for something they have no control over. It hurts me to hear that my people are exploited by not only their own people, but a country that is immigrant based. I feel if they really wanted the problem gone, they would have found ways to suppress it, yet I only see it getting worse.