Drug trafficking in the United States is fueled by the phenomenon of corruption on the part of the American border authorities. With murders among feuding Mexican drug cartels on the rise and continued ravenous demand for cocaine and other illegal drugs north of the border the United States should take a hard look at itself before pointing the finger at anyone else. The main cause of the problems associated with organized crime in mexico is having the world's biggest consumer of drugs in the neighbourhood as quoted by jim clancy today on CNN 20:00 hrs pst.

Drug trade is not an exclusively Mexican problem it is a common problem between Mexico and the United States. Although cocaine is largely produced in South America mexican cartels control much of the multi-billion-dollar trade transporting the drug to consumers in the United States. Mexican cities on the US border have suffered the brunt of the violence prompting concerns in Washington that the killings and attacks could spill over the border. Some 5,300 people were murdered in drug violence across Mexico in 2008. Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso Texas, was worst hit with more than 1,600 drug-related deaths.

President Barack Obama should step up the fight against drugs in his own country rather than waste american tax payers money on sending troops throughout the world to engage in bloodshed.