I think that the war of drugs is illegitimate to begin with. That sort of thing is simply not one of the just functions of government.
If the US declares such drugs "a clear and present danger" to the nation, would you support military action in those countrys where the drugs are grown and refined prior to shipment to the US?
Foreigners have the same property rights as Americans, and those rights, whether the government respects them or not, include the right to use your property to make unpopular intoxicants, the right to own unpopular intoxicants, and the right to use unpopular intoxicants.
If the US can go after terrorists of the bombing kind, why can't we go after the terrorist of the drug kind?
Drug dealers aren't terrorists. They're part of the proud tradition of black marketeering.
Interesting take on this. I disagree however, that the drug cartels are not "terrorists".