Drug Trafficking in Mexico

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There is a wild west market down in mexico that has taken holdd. Once one person figures out, you know, it's not that hard to make your own fatm or first to buy it from china. All you have to have is is ample access to world chemical markets on the western side of Mexico. And what ends up happening is the people who are selling those chemicals don't want to sell it to as many people as possible. There's a like of fervent competition among them to make that stuff and get it out.

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks about his book, The Least of Us, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Quinones focuses on the devastation caused by methamphetamine and fentanyl, the latest evolution of innovation in the supply of mind-altering drugs in the United States. The latest versions of meth, he argues, are more emotionally damaging than before and have played a central role in the expansion of the homeless in tent encampments in American cities. The conversation includes an exploration of the rising number of overdose deaths in the United States and what role community and other institutions might play in reducing the death toll.