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Voices of Mexico
Registro en:
0186-9418
VOM_1997_0040
CONACYT
Autor
Bugeda Bernal, Diego Ignacio
Velasco Montante, Astrid
Montiel Ziegler, Elsie
Redondo Morales, Lourdes
Dashner Monk, Heather
Gutiérrez, Ana Paulina
Rocha, Daniela
Márquez Padilla, Paz Consuelo
Ediciones del Equilibrista
Imprenta Juventud
Villareal Carrillo, Pilar
Institución
Resumen
In this issue of Voices of Mexico, Mexican specialist Maria Celia Toro looks at the drug trade. Her article deals basically with the paradox that arises when effec-tively restricting drugs use pushes the price up, thus spur-ring production. This, in turn, leads to a higher drug supply and consumption, the well known effect of any "prohibition" policy. The "Society" section of this issue also includes another topic of great interest to U.S.-Mexican bilateral relations: migration. Today, illegal migration is conceived of as a structural problem; this is in itself a step forward. Mexico"s General Director of Population Programs, Jose Gomez de Leon, and General Secretary of the National Population Council (Conapo), Rodolfo Tuirdn, outline the Mexican position on migration based on Conapo studies in an attempt to dispel myths and misunder-standings about the question. The "Politics" section offers two articles dealing with the current state of Mexico"s democratization process. German Perez Ferndndez del Castillo writes about the reform of the state, specifically emphasizing the areas where the most steps forward have been made and the problems and obstacles in those areas where they have been slower in coming. In his opinion, the greatest achievements have been in electoral matters, establishing the basis for effective democratic advancement.