Whack-a-mole Drug War: Calderon calls on U.S. society to curb its drug use

President Calderon gets one part right when he says, "this tragedy that we Mexicans and many other countries in Latin America are living, (is) a consequence, in great part, (of) the insatiable consumption of drugs in which millions and millions of Americans participate." Now, when is he going to take the next logical step and call for the legalization of these drugs?"

latimes.com: "In the prepared remarks released by the president's office, Calderon said the extortion-related attack in Monterrey was due to one primary factor, "the movement and sale of drugs to the United States." Calderon went on:

Part of the tragedy that Mexicans are living has to do with the fact that we are alongside the biggest consumer of drugs in the world, and at the same time, the biggest vendor of weapons in the world, which pays billions of dollars every year to the criminals who supply them with narcotics. These ... dollars end up arming and organizing the criminals, and places them in their service and against the citizens.

This is why it is my duty, also, to make a call to the society, the Congress, and the government of the United States. I ask them to reflect on this tragedy that we Mexicans and many other countries in Latin America are living, as a consequence, in great part, to the insatiable consumption of drugs in which millions and millions of Americans participate."

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