The Latin American Commission on Drug Policies is expanding to become the Global Commission. They are against the U.S. and U.N. whack-a-mole prohibition/war on drugs strategy. As the Latin American Commission, they proposed legalizing marijuana. Will they go beyond that to advocating legalization of all illicit drugs?
The Canadian Press: Former presidents, intellectuals seek strategy beyond war on drugs: "A private commission of politicians, intellectuals, business leaders and health experts hopes to end drug abuse through a new strategy — one that assumes the U.S.-led war on drugs and U.N. approaches aren't working.
The new Global Commission on Drug Policies turned conventional thinking on its head during their first two day meeting that ended Tuesday in Geneva. Former presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil — the commission chairman — and Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico say the war on drugs in Latin America has failed and suggest a radical reform focused on prevention and education.
The 15-member commission also includes Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson and writers Carlos Fuentes of Mexico and Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru."
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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