A bill recently introduced in Congress would designate certain counties in the State of Arizona as high-intensity drug trafficking areas. The bill is H.R. 1871.

According to its Web site, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program “enhances and coordinates drug control efforts among local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies. The program provides agencies with coordination, equipment, technology, and additional resources to combat drug trafficking and its harmful consequences in critical regions of the United States.” Translation: Federal goodies flow to Arizona, and hopefully violence and drug trafficking fall.

Is this the right way to deal with the violence in the border region? Say your piece in the comments here or on the page for the bill. In the meantime, here is the current vote on the bill. Click to vote, comment, learn more, or edit the wiki article on the bill.