00678nam a2200133Ia 450000500170000008000110001710000210002824500960004926000090014552003470015458300200050194200060052199900170052720260716044017.0  aSerial  aMercille, Julien  aViolent narco-cartels or US hegemony? the political economy of the 'war on drugs' in Mexico  c2011  aOffers the interpretation that the US shares much responsibilty for the drug trafficking and the related violence in Mexico due to its large drug consumption, loose firearms regulations, its record of support for the Mexico government and military, and by implementing neoliberal reforms that the increased the size of the narcotics industry.  c2/3/12kSANDRAW  cA  c58639d58639