RT Journal
A1 Cole TB
T1 MExican drug violence intertwined with us demand for illegal drugs
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD August 5
VO 302
IS 5
SP 482
OP 483
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1108
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1108
AB 
But some experts say that the trafficking of illegal drugs, like all businesses, is one of both supply and demand and that the demand side—those who abuse drugs—also should be targeted. These experts propose that a concerted effort to quash demand by making treatment for substance abuse available to those who need it would make the drug trafficking enterprise significantly less profitable.