December 3, 2009 8:03AM 

# Intelligence Squared Debate: America, Mexico, and the Drug War 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Kudos to [Jeff Miron](https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-miron), Andres Martinez and Fareed Zakaria for their [decisive win](https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1401329.6553863357/rid:169086e6b2230fb67306befbd84993cf) in the Intelligence Squared Debate, [Is America to Blame for Mexico’s Drug War?](http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/america-is-to-blame-for-mexicos-drug-war/)

For related Cato work, go [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9932) and [here](http://www.cato-unbound.org/archives/august-2009/).

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