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The medicine War along the border of Mexico and the f all told in States is one of the longest coordinated engagements of law enforcement (who have accepted the wait on of the Mexican military) in both countries history (Winslow, 2015). The history of this unofficial struggle is extraordinarily complicated rife with both political and criminal players, violence, corruption, spoilt policy, and controversy. Its importance to America and Mexico cannot be underestimated, especially in its role in legislation, law enforcement techniques, and public opinion. The sheer size and scope of the war surpasses ordinary understandings of battlefields and skirmishes but it is obvious where the most warfare is occurringthe border (Pacheco, 2009). To explore all of these concepts would take substantial time so in favor of transitoriness and efficiency this paper will attempt to provide the reader with a general overview of the current situation, and then go into depth about several(prenomin al) subjects the history, the key participants, the drugs at issue, the range of the war across Mexico (at current date), political controversies accompanying, and proposed solutions by experts. To put current day events into context, one should first gleam at the history behind the Drug War.Payan contended in his article The Drug War and the U.S.-Mexico cast The State of Affairs that the roots of the drug war stem from the resentment policymakers had towards the counterculture revolution of the late 60s. Mind-altering drugs much(prenominal) as marijuana, cocaine and heroin were in great demand, and many tenuous gangs in Mexico had taken advantage of the opportunity. Nixon saw the rising clamor from conservatives against the trafficking and ingestion of these substances so he instituted the DEA, coin... ...3/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=fc2f2fad-9bc3-4172-b521-6917fa15c2e7%40sessionmgr13&vid=4&hid=7Payan, T. (2006). The Drug War and the U.S.-Mexico Border The State of Affairs . South Atlantic Quarterly, 105(4), 863-880. doi10.1215/00382876-2006-006. Web. 4 Oct. 2015. http//libproxy.wcjc.cc.tx.us2253/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=1e7fd309-7c13-410d-92f4-45d5d11968f1%40sessionmgr11&vid=16&hid=12Vance, L. M. (2011). The Other Unconstitutional War. New American, 27(21), 20-24. Web. 4 Oct. 2015. http//libproxy.wcjc.cc.tx.us2253/ehost/detail?sid=e07d566c-eb43-4b0b-bb3c-df8a4aedcd7a%40sessionmgr111&vid=3&hid=123&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3ddb=a9h&AN=67789567Winslow, Don. Americas war on drugs is empowering Mexicos drug cartels CNN. June 28, 2015, Web. 4 Oct. 2015. http//www.cnn.com/2015/06/28/opinions/winslow-drug-war-folly/