"If we do not act consistently in this matter, if all you're doing is sending our citizens to prison while elsewhere the market is legalized, then we must ask: is not it time to revise the global strategy against drugs?" (Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos) Good question!
Colombia, Mexico agree to cooperate on drug war - Colombia news | Colombia Reports: "Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon agree at the Tuxtla Summit in Cartagena to strengthen cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking, reports news agency EFE. ...
"It's confusing for our people to see that, as we lose lives and invest resources in the fight against drug trafficking, consuming countries will promote initiatives such as the California referendum to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana," Santos said.
The Colombian president said that it was time for the world to review the way in which it is handling the fight against the drug trade. "If we do not act consistently in this matter, if all you're doing is sending our citizens to prison while elsewhere the market is legalized, then we must ask: is not it time to revise the global strategy against drugs?"" Oct. 26, 2010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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