Recognizing that far more Germans suffer substance abuse problems related to tobacco and alcohol than illegal drugs (11-12).
UN: Legalizing the use of cannabis results in higher consumption and lowers risk perception https://perma.cc/LW7B-FACF
Drug-related criminal violence escalated in different parts of Mexico in the 1990s and accelerated after President Felipe Caldero ́n declared a War on Drugs in December 2006 (Trejo and Ley 2020)
Even for Latin America, the world’s most violent region, these numbers are staggering, especially for a country not currently at war. Mexico’s overall homicide rate is about 27 per 100,000, one of the highest in the region (Statista 2021).
Since 2006, the national homicide rate has nearly tripled from around 10 per 100,000 to roughly 27 per 100,000. In several states, such as Baja California, Chihuahua, Colima, and Guanajuato, homicide rates have skyrocketed to over 70 per 100,000.
Poverty is believed to associated with homicide because people are desperate and/or frustrated and resort to violence.
In an influential research note, Viridiana Rios (2014, 208) compiled data on the number of Mexicans who unexpectedly left their homes between 2006 and 2010, estimating that “264,692 Mexicans fled their counties fearing either drug-related homicides (approximately 220 thousand) or extortion (approximately 44 thousand).
In 2020, Mexico’s rate of femicide did not increase according to data from the Gender Equality Observatory, yet a shockingly high num- ber of women were victims of the crime, with 948 out of every 100,000 Mexican women dying of femicide. Of countries in Latin America, only Brazil exhibited a higher rate of femicide.
There has been a substantial increase in the prevalence of marijuana use detected in homicide victims across demographic groups in the United States between 2004 and 2016. Since 2013, marijuana has surpassed alcohol to become the most frequently detected substance in homicide victims.
UN: Legalizing the use of cannabis results in higher consumption and lowers risk perception https://perma.cc/LW7B-FACF
Drug-related criminal violence escalated in different parts of Mexico in the 1990s and accelerated after President Felipe Caldero ́n declared a War on Drugs in December 2006 (Trejo and Ley 2020)
Even for Latin America, the world’s most violent region, these numbers are staggering, especially for a country not currently at war. Mexico’s overall homicide rate is about 27 per 100,000, one of the highest in the region (Statista 2021).
Since 2006, the national homicide rate has nearly tripled from around 10 per 100,000 to roughly 27 per 100,000. In several states, such as Baja California, Chihuahua, Colima, and Guanajuato, homicide rates have skyrocketed to over 70 per 100,000.
Poverty is believed to associated with homicide because people are desperate and/or frustrated and resort to violence.
In an influential research note, Viridiana Rios (2014, 208) compiled data on the number of Mexicans who unexpectedly left their homes between 2006 and 2010, estimating that “264,692 Mexicans fled their counties fearing either drug-related homicides (approximately 220 thousand) or extortion (approximately 44 thousand).
In 2020, Mexico’s rate of femicide did not increase according to data from the Gender Equality Observatory, yet a shockingly high num- ber of women were victims of the crime, with 948 out of every 100,000 Mexican women dying of femicide. Of countries in Latin America, only Brazil exhibited a higher rate of femicide.
There has been a substantial increase in the prevalence of marijuana use detected in homicide victims across demographic groups in the United States between 2004 and 2016. Since 2013, marijuana has surpassed alcohol to become the most frequently detected substance in homicide victims.