Street view of Ciudad Juarez. Photograph: Lorena Ros/Getty ImagesCocaine Use Doubles In Mexico In Six Years -- AFP
MEXICO CITY — Cocaine use doubled in Mexico in the six years to 2008, the health minister said Friday, arguing that tougher border controls on smuggling has pushed more of the drug into the domestic market.
Mexico is a major hub for drug trafficking from South America to the United States and beyond, and suspected drug-related violence has left some 14,000 people dead since late 2006.
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