Legalization: Pot, Prop. 19 and Mexico

As the California vote approaches on whether or not to legalize the sale and consumption of marijuana, the debate heats up. Here is a review of the arguments, by Mexicans and U.S. citizens, on both sides of the question.

Pot, Prop. 19 and Mexico | Seattle Times Newspaper: "As the Obama administration presses Mexican President Felipe Calderón to stand firm in his costly, bloody military campaign against drug mafias, Mexican leaders increasingly are asking why their country should continue to attack cannabis traffickers and peasant pot farmers if the U.S. government is barely enforcing federal marijuana laws in the most populous state." Sept. 12, 2010, Seattle Times/Washington Post