the link above will direct you to an article about the failure on the  war on drugs. the author of this article is Jose Luis Pardo Veiras from the New York Times. the main idea of this article is to bring up the question “why would thousands of people work in drug trafficking”. you can find more about the author http://www.revistaanfibia.com/autor/jose-luis-pardo/. this is credible because jose pardo is a reputable journalist.