The war on drugs has been going on for so long and the underground, secretiveness of it all is so widely spread that I just don't believe that it is winnable. No matter what, people will find a way to get drugs because the people responsible for bringing the drugs into our country have so much money, and as we know, money is power. Individually, the people responsible for drugs coming into America, will never allow their source of money to be stopped. They would do anything to keep the drugs coming into the country. Because of this, the political side just doesn't stand a chance. The people with money will find a way to get around the government, because for them it is worth the risk. Socially, drugs are seen as a problem in lower-class neighborhoods. I just don't believe that the people with money in America see this as an everyday issue because they don't believe that they are around it. However, as we see in the movie, that is not true.
An example of how the war on drugs is not winnable is when Mrs. Alaya goes to the drug lords and shows them the doll made of cocaine. Before, she was appalled at the fact that her husband was responsible for such acts, but then she is doing them herself. She gives these people a way to be even more secretive and get away with more. In this scene, it is clear that she feels empowered. Even the most innocent person at the beginning of the movie was willing to do that for the love of her lifestyle. In later scenes, Mrs. Alaya has one the DEA guys killed and the only witness to her husband's case killed. She was willing to cross the line socially, politically, and independently in this movie. That is why I just don't believe that the war on drugs is winnable.
Remember what I said about using the is/when construction? You might consider the issue of levels of decriminalization. Would that help stop the cartels?
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