Latest Breaking News

Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts) Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:58 AM Jun 2014

Mexican leader hints he could allow changes to laws prohibiting marijuana

Source: Reuters

Mexican leader hints he could allow changes to laws prohibiting marijuana
June 8, 2014 11:30 PM
By Dave Graham / Reuters News Service

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico and the United States cannot pursue diverging policies on marijuana legalization, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was quoted as saying Sunday, hinting he may be open to following the lead taken by some U.S. states in changing drug laws.

Political pressure has grown in Mexico to take a more liberal stance on marijuana since Washington and Colorado decided to legalize possession and sale of the drug for recreational use in 2012.

Other U.S. states plan votes soon.

Marijuana, along with contraband such as cocaine and crystal meth, has been a major source of income for violent drug cartels responsible for thousands of deaths in Mexico in recent years.

Proponents of overhaul say legalizing marijuana would both reduce the gangs' economic power and help generate more tax revenue.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2014/06/09/Mexican-leader-hints-he-could-allow-changes-to-laws-prohibiting-marijuana/stories/201406090118#ixzz347BaHqvE

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Mexican leader hints he could allow changes to laws prohibiting marijuana (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2014 OP

There are moves afoot, but there's little public support for it there. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #1

Smartest thing he could do, end the drug war Warpy Jun 2014 #2

I totally agree, Warpy. n/t Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #3

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

1. There are moves afoot, but there's little public support for it there.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:06 AM

Jun 2014

And I don't think Pena Nieto and the PRI have the guts or the street cred to lead the public to it, like Mujica did in Uruguay.

Warpy

(111,255 posts)

2. Smartest thing he could do, end the drug war

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 04:10 AM

Jun 2014

Undercut black market prices by keeping legal stuff cheap at first. Defund the gangs. Then use the taxes to help people who run into trouble and want off the drug merry go round.

You want to fix a lot of what's gone wrong in Mexico, that's how to do it.

Uncle Joe

(58,361 posts)

3. I totally agree, Warpy. n/t

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 04:34 AM

Jun 2014

Reply to this discussion