Since December 2006, more than 10,000 people have been killed as a result of the Mexican drug war. While both the Mexico and U.S. governments continue fighting to end the flow of drugs across the border, the timeless rule of supply and demand keeps the drug cartels going.

In all, 46 percent of Americans 12 and older have indulged in the often destructive national pastime of illicit drug use. This array of consumers is providing a vast, recession-proof, apparently unending market for the Mexican gangs ...

"The damage done by our insatiable demand for drugs is truly astounding," said Lloyd Johnston, a University of Michigan researcher. (Source: The Associated Press)

Federal figures on drug use show that 114 million Americans have used illicit drugs as some point, and 20 million Americans are current users of illicit substances. This level of demand motivates Mexican drug cartels to find methods, many of them violent, for continuing and expanding their business.

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