Why Drug-Traffickers Love Free Trade

Free trade allows more than 90% of the cocaine and heroin that gets into America to slip past customs officials at the Mexican border. NAFTA and similar measures are a boon to drug traffickers.

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Published inDissent (New York) Vol. 44; no. 3; p. 59
Main Author Payne, Douglas W
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, etc 01.07.1997
University of Pennsylvania Press
Subjects
Border patrol
Drug traffic
Drug trafficking
Drugs
Free Trade
Free trade and protection
International aspects
International finance
North American Free Trade Agreement
Organized crime
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Summary:Free trade allows more than 90% of the cocaine and heroin that gets into America to slip past customs officials at the Mexican border. NAFTA and similar measures are a boon to drug traffickers.
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