Thousands of guns used by Mexican cartels, as well as other gangs throughout Latin America, have been traced back to U.S. gun manufacturers. Journalist Ioan Grillo describes how the flow of guns to Mexico from the U.S. exacerbates the drug war and its accompanying forced displacement of people. Baroncelli and Grillo debate drug legalization and whether it can break up cartels that use American guns to maintain global drug distribution. Cartels increase their profit margins by cutting their product with fentanyl and other lethal substances at the expense of people's lives.

It wouldn't surprise me if gun manufacturers traded guns for drugs

Unfortunately, the US has enough money to keep throwing at ineffective solutions as long as it fits some ideology. The countries that were able to really turn things around were the ones that had to find pragmatic solutions because they couldn't afford not to.

I guess she doesn't know anyone who died of a fentanyl overdose.

In what universe is drug addiction a good thing because legalizing drugs could (maybe) bring in more tax revenue?

Wow, has she got an agenda. How much more evidence does she need that legalizing drugs -- or prostitution or whatever -- doesn't solve the problem but escalates it? Wish she'd shut up about this.