The article considers the role of governments and their agencies in controlling and containing cross-border drug trafficking. In essence, government law enforcement stands as an intrusive middleman between suppliers and buyers. Building effective partnerships against drug trafficking and use requires first-rate professional law enforcement, but it also needs remedies that other agencies and institutions can provide. Cooperation with other governments and their law enforcement apparatus is one prescription; another is the internal mobilization of the public to create a problem-solving strategy that neither the police nor the public can produce by themselves.
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