值得一提的是三位前拉美总统，墨西哥排名第二的富翁里卡多·萨利纳斯以及阿根廷最高法院已经批评禁毒战争是一场显而易见的失败，它拉低了房地产价格、推升毒品产量，并对弱国造成了破坏。
Three former Latin American presidents, Mexico’s second richest man, Ricardo Salinas, and the Supreme Court of Argentina, among others, have criticized the war on drugs as a manifest failure that has lowered street prices, fueled production, and undermined weak states.