With the nation in the throws of a violent drug war, over 200 people gathered in a central Mexico City park Sunday to smoke marijuana and demand it be legalized, an AFP reporter witnessed.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said in a Mexico City radio interview Wednesday that he supported Mexican President Felipe Calderon's call for a debate on drug legalization.
A supergroup of top-brass American Drug Warriors including Drug Czars from the last three presidential administrations - Gil Kerlikowske, John Walters, Barry McCaffrey, Lee Brown, Bob Martinez and William Bennett - have penned a yawningly predictable piece at the Los Angeles Times - but with one twist.
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians, said drug laws should be "reconsidered with a view to decriminalizing illicit drugs use".