Possibly no issue besides immigration weighs more heavily on the public conscience than drug traffic. Each day narcotics travel over the border from Mexico to the United States to supply this country’s drug users. Millions of dollars of business is conducted, and the supply keeps coming.

Millions of dollars are also spent to eradicate the problem. Both the United States and Mexico have instituted strict antinarcotics laws, border patrols and officers who work in the field and undercover to find the source of the drug supply and those responsible. The situation has been termed an all-out "war."

The following materials represent only some of the great wealth of information on the legal issues pertaining to drugs and the U.S.-Mexico border available at Southern California libraries, as well as on the Internet. Selected materials are meant not only to guide researchers to these materials but also to give researchers an idea of the breadth of the resources, and where they might begin their research.

I. Government Materials, Laws and Resources
   A. Drug Traffic Laws
   B. United States Drug Laws
       1. Federal Laws
          a. United States Congressional Hearings and Reports
       2. California State Laws
       3. International Treaties
  C. Mexican Drug Laws
      1. Federal Laws
      2. Baja California Laws
      3. International Treaties, Conventions and Agreements
  

II. Books 
    A. Available locally
    B. Available at the California State Library
        1. Books
        2. Bilateral Agreements
   C. Available at the Los Angeles County Law Library

III. Law Review Articles
     A. United States
     B. Mexico/Spanish Language Articles

IV. Internet web sites
     A. Other Government Resources