Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Marijuana legalization in Mexico gaining support
NEWS DETAILS
Parent(s) Container 
ContributorJason 
Last EditedJason  Aug 10, 2010 02:21pm
Logged 0
CategoryGeneral
MediaNewspaper - Dallas Morning News
News DateTuesday, August 10, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description MEXICO CITY – Wearing a pressed shirt and tie, banging away on his laptop, law professor Alejandro Madrazo Lajous doesn't come across as an activist for legalizing marijuana.

But as the attorney for an organization at the forefront of the growing legalization movement in Mexico, he is one of its most ardent advocates.

"Seeing the destruction of my country because of the war on drugs, I began to realize the importance of debating the idea," said Madrazo, who is also an attorney for the Collective for an Integral Policy on Drugs.

Once a subject so taboo that college kids here didn't even whisper about smoking pot, the idea of legalizing marijuana in Mexico has gained increasing favor, especially among a vocal group of academics, intellectuals and politicians.

Analysts say the shift – which echoes an increasing openness to legalization in the U.S. outside of Texas – is both a function of changing generational attitudes toward drugs and growing public frustration with the country's drug war.
Share
ArticleRead Full Article

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION