Reducing drug trafficking revenues and violence in Mexico would legalizing marijuana in California help?
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. Key findings include: 1) Mexican DTOs' gross...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND International Programs and Drug Policy Research Center
2010.
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| Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
RAND Corporation Occasional paper ; OP-325-RC. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37561583*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Methods for estimating drug-trafficking organizations' drug revenues
- U.S. marijuana consumption and Mexican drug-trafficking organizations' revenues from exporting marijuana
- How might legalization in California affect Mexican drug-trafficking organizations' marijuana export revenues?
- Beyond marijuana exports: insights about additional sources of Mexican drug- trafficking organizations' drug revenue
- How could a reduction in marijuana revenues influence Mexican drug-trafficking organizations?
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. A new estimate of the weight of a marijuana joint
- Appendix B. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) of sinsemilla and Mexican commercial-grade marijuana
- Appendix C. Marijuana price data
- Appendix D. Exploratory analysis of Mexican drug-trafficking organizations' revenues from other drugs exported to the United States
- Appendix E. Quotes about Mexican-marijuana market share in U.S. Department of Justice publications.
