The Outcomes Following the Implementation of the Brownsville Agreement and the Mérida Initiative

Download or read book The Outcomes Following the Implementation of the Brownsville Agreement and the Mérida Initiative written by Howard L. Salter and published by Howard L. Salter. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brownsville Agreement and the Mérida Initiative were collaborative inter-agency agreements between the United States and Mexico. The War on Drugs has taken thousands of lives on both sides of the border and these agreements provided a collaborative framework to influence the outcome of the war. Using Outcomes Theory and Time Series/Intervention Analysis, multiple outcomes demonstrated that consequences from these policies were an overwhelming loss for the War on Drugs. After these policies were implemented, drug use in the US rose, overall arrests remained static and street-prices of these illicit substances fell.