Mexico reconsidering drug laws!

[Mary Jane Stoner]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/next-mexican-administration-us-legal-marijuana-vote-changes-rules-of-the-game-in-drug-war/2012/11/07/d66e6202-2944-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html

“Obviously we can’t handle a product that is illegal in Mexico, trying to stop its transfer to the United States, when in the United States, at least in part of the United States, it now has a different status,” Videgaray said. “I believe this obliges us to think the relationship in regards to security ... This is an unforeseen element.”

 

Videgaray stopped short of threatening to curtail Mexican enforcement of marijuana laws, but his comments, less than three weeks before Pena Nieto travels to the White House days before taking office, appeared likely to increase pressure on the Obama administration to strictly enforce U.S. federal law, which still forbids recreational pot use.

 

“These important modifications change somewhat the rules of the game in the relationship with the United States,” Videgaray said. “I think that we have to carry out a review of our joint policies in regards to drug trafficking and security in general.”

 

 

Its like watching a line of dominoes fall isnt it.

[OZ Stoners]

The legalization of recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico to rethink its efforts to halt marijuana smuggling across the border, the main adviser to Mexico's ...

 

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[Mary Jane Stoner]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-says-marijuana-legalization-in-us-could-change-anti-drug-strategies/2012/11/08/7e6d45ba-29ca-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html

 

Peña Nieto and members of his incoming administration will discuss the issue with President Obama and congressional leaders in Washington this month. The legalization votes, however, are expected to spark a broad debate in Mexico about the direction and costs of the U.S.-backed drug war here.

[Mary Jane Stoner]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22488-us-states-vote-to-experiment-with-marijuana.html

 

New Scientist has weighed into the debate.

 

"Legalisation is often promoted as a way to tackle drug violence at the US-Mexican border: between 40 and 67 per cent of the marijuana used in the US is trafficked from Mexico. But the use of marijuana is still a federal crime, so any reduction in violence is likely to depend on President Obama's approach to the two states."

 

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