News » Mexican President Bemoans U.S. Drug Policy Hypocrisy





Meixcan President Felipe Calderon says that Proposition 19, U.S. national drug policy, and the way the U.S. government is handling the War on Drugs in Mexico shows hypocrisy. The U.S. accounts for most of the demand for illegal drugs moved and sold by the drug cartels in Mexico which the U.S., at the same time, urges the Mexicans to crack down on.

“For me, it reflects a terrible inconsistency in government policies in the United States,” said Calderon to the Associated Press. Calderon believes that legalizing marijuana will lead to more consumption.

Of course, the debate is whether legalizing marijuana in California would increase or decrease the violent operations of the drug cartels in Mexico. The answer to that question depends on who you ask.

[source Washington Independent]

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