Foreign Policy on Counter-Narcotics One of the biggest problems in the United States today is the widespread use of narcotics. Currently, the United States has a very stern policy regarding the use, distribution, and trafficking of drugs. However, it is clear that the current U.S. policy is failing, and the supply of illegal drugs as well as the demand is increasing. The U.S. government has focused for years on dealing with the demand aspect of this issue. Through government programs directed towards education and national awareness of the harm that drugs cause, the government has been attempting to severely reduce the demand for narcotics. In all actuality, the demand may be higher now than ever before. To prevent the supply of illegal drugs from increasing, the government has relied on strict boarder patrols along Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard, the cooperation of foreign governments, and several U.S. agencies designed to locate and aid in eliminating drugs. This policy on decreasing the supply is also failing. It is probably easier now for drug traffickers than ever before. It is clear that the current U.S. policy on drugs is failing and that a new policy is needed. In order to win the war on drugs, the U.S. needs to decrease the supply, because the demand will always be high as long as there is a supply to back it up.The question then, is how to decrease the supply when our current policies are clearly failing. The best solution to this is very harsh, but it needs to be done. If the U.S. government is willing to spend a significant amount of money on this issue, then we have to be willing to rely on a solution that will lead to positive results. The only course of action that can accomplish the goal of significantly reducing the supply of narcotics is to target the cartels themselves by using the U.S. military in some form. By using our military, we can directly target the supply problem by destroying narcotics before they even lea...
