Mexico expected to enact liberalized drug law

The Mexican legislature has voted quietly to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs. Past efforts have proved highly controversial, most recently three years ago, but President Felipe Calderón is expected to sign the bill into law this time. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Mexico, Law, Drugs
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 22, 2009 - 3:02 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jun 22, 2009 - 3:02 PM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 22, 2009

The Mexican decriminalization of drug possession achieves for Mexico what was the numero uno request on the Obama input from the public as a request in the US. The story from Mexico has been little reported.

Can the U.S. be far behind?

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