An Analyze of Anti-Drug Policy and Its Effects of Enrique Peña Nieto’s Government in Mexico

Abstract

 The drug problem has gradually penetrated into Mexican politics, economy, culture, and other fields since the 20th century, and has become an important factor affecting Mexico’s development. Enrique Peña Nieto took office in 2012, and implemented a new anti-drug policy. His government has made reducing violence a major goal of the anti-drug operation, using the national gendarmerie to counter the drug violence, and reforming the judiciary to prevention crime. Enrique Peña Nieto’s anti-drug policy has achieved certain results at the beginning of his term. However, the weakness of the national gendarmerie, corruption, and the sluggish economic development have affected the anti-drug policy, and caused it to fail. The drug problem in Mexico is affected by multiple factors, and its solution is a long