Should Central America legalise drugs?

The answer is a clear NO for various reasons, elaborated on in an article published by the Inter American Security Watch. Those advocating legalisation must either be extremely naïve or completely ignorant in their lack of understanding of how the drug business works. There is no way legalisation of drugs would make illegal sales disappear. There is too much money involved for organized criminal gangs to let go of their income from the sale of drugs. The recipe for the future: Prevention and treatment for potential users and active users. As for the organized criminal gangs making enormous sums of money from the drug trade – hunt them down and lock them up – forever if necessary.