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Drugs and Alcohol: US Prohibition and the Origins of the Drug Trade in Mexico, 1910–1930

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2002

GABRIELA RECIO
GABRIELA RECIO
Affiliation:
Gabriela Recio is a PhD candidate at El Colegio de México.
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Abstract

Even though Mexico has been an important player in the international drug trade, this country's history in such illegal ventures has been insufficiently studied. In an effort to begin to understand how and when the country began to be an active participant in such illicit markets, this article first analyses regulations introduced in the United States regarding drug and alcohol consumption, marketing and production and assesses their impact on the Mexican side. Secondly, it argues that Mexico's participation in the narcotics trade, the routes that have developed and the Mexican states involved in this traffic have roots that can be traced to the beginning of the twentieth century at least.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 21 - 42
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

I would like to thank Carlos Marichal, Pablo Cotler and two anonymous referees for their comments on earlier versions. All errors are, of course, entirely mine.