Latin America has a problem with corruption and the rule of law generally that goes well beyond drugs. I don't really know how to fix it and don't believe anyon

Latin America has a problem with corruption and the rule of law generally that goes well beyond drugs. I don't really know how to fix it and don't believe anyone else does either. I am certainly willing to support an attempt at legalization since it has a moral basis in "freedom" and such. But the above poster is not wrong. If murder-for-hire, sex trafficking in children, etc are outlawed, then only outlaws will do those too. Meanwhile Canada did not become a weak and corrupt narco state, despite having an even larger border with the US. For that matter Japan's (even stricter) drug laws didn't turn Korea and China or any other neighbor into a narco states. The problem is more complicated than people want to believe.