As drug cartels and violence increase, many indicators point to the beginning of what could be considered failing state and local governments in the northern Mexico region.
July 27, 2011, 12:01 a.m.
Jerry Epstein is the president of the Drug Policy Forum of Texas and a contributing expert in drug policy at the Baker Institute. In 1995, he co-founded the Drug Policy Forum of Texas with G. Alan Robison, retired chairman of …
Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D., is a nonresident scholar in drug policy and Mexico studies at the Baker Institute and an associate professor of security studies at Sam Houston State University in the College of Criminal Justice. His research focuses on …
