Legalize drugs? It's a valid discussion for U.S., Mexico and others

Los Angeles Times Sunday 15th April, 2012

Mexico's Felipe Calderon have all suggested that governments need to look at options beyond the military strategies that have left tens of thousands dead in Latin America while failing to curb consumption in the United States, the largest cocaine market in the world.The three leaders, all close U.S. allies, say it is time to discuss decriminalizing drugs, with Perez writing that global drug policy is grounded in what he calls the false premise th...

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