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U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border - Research Papers

U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border



A Written Final Project
Presented to
Professor Larry Herzog
San Diego State University
MAS 355
The U.S. Mexico International Border



In a recent newspaper article written in the San Diego Union Tribune
called “U.S. Scourge Spreads South.” A very disturbing fact was opening drug
doors just south of our own community, which is why I chose to do an in depth
study of the easiness of drug purchase in our southern neighbor. It's not new
news but a overwhelming growth in the usage of drugs, especially Rohypnol.
“The Mexican border town called Tijuana across from San Diego,
California, once was a famous as a playground for drunken sailors and college
students. ...

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off the footbridge from the United States. “Taxi, sir? You want
pharmacy? I get you a good pharmacy,” he urges, stepping from a line of
beckoning taxi drivers in big belts and straw cowboy hats. “Good prices! No
prescriptions!” Do I look like I want drugs?! I didn't even solicit the
business. I almost felt weird because this is exactly what I was planning to do
my paper on. Soon he is nosing his long yellow Oldsmobile through scruffy
streets choked with pharmacies. I asked for Somas-a drug that gives the user a
feeling of drunkenness without all the liquor, and illegal in the United States.
In less than 45 minutes I was able to purchase the drug right over the counter.
Of course, I didn't actually purchase the drug, but kindly told the pharmacy
that his price was too high.
This just goes to show you how easy it was to get an illegal drug just
30 minutes from SDSU. And instead of being sold by gun-toting drug traffickers,
it is available in much of Latin America with ...

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needle tracks.”
Rohypnol is another nightmare for every parent in America which is
another easily obtained drug in the pharmacies in Tijuana. This is the drug also
known as the “date-rape drug,” which has been televised many of times. But
unlike heroin or cocaine, Rohypnol has a respected corporate manufacturer--the
Swiss pharmaceutical giant F. Hoffman-La Roche, which produces in Mexico City.
There are so many American tourists buying drugs that Tijuana's pharmacies have
doubled in the past five years and now number around 700.
With their cheap, government-controlled prices, they have drawn tens of
thousands of Californians, often retirees, who snap up brand-name blood ...

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