Reducing drug trafficking revenues and violence in Mexico : would legalizing marijuana in California help? / / Beau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Brittany M. Bond.

• Author: Rand Corporation.; Kilmer, Beau.
• TeilnehmendeR: Caulkins, Jonathan P.; Bond, Brittany M.; Rand Corporation.; Drug Policy Research Center (U.S.)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Occasional paper Reducing drug trafficking revenues and violence in Mexico
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.