Momentum Builds For Broad Debate on Legalizing Pot
The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, "Yes — I inhaled."
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Drug Violence Cripples Two Countries’ Economies
As if the global economic downturn wasn’t enough, some countries are finding their tourism industries battered by negative portrayals that paint them as being contaminated, unsavory or just plain dangerous.
Mexico Detains 29 Police Officers For Drug Ties
Soldiers and federal agents detained 29 police officers in northern Mexico on Monday for alleged ties to drug traffickers.
How Mexico’s Drug War Washed up on Canada’s West Coast
Vancouver task force struggles with fallout of crackdown on cartels.
Vast US Illegal Drug Market Fuels Mexican Cartels
The Mexican drug cartels battling viciously to expand and survive have a powerful financial incentive: Across the border to the north is a market for illegal drugs unsurpassed for its wealth, diversity and voraciousness.
Mexican Drug Kidnappings Moving to US Side of Border
Over 370 kidnapping cases in Phoenix, Arizona last year alone, while Washington is too concerned with al Qaeda terrorists to care
US Prison Gangs Uniting with Mexican Crime Organizations
Mexican organized crime relies on gangs inside the United States for distribution and support, US gangs that pose real threats as foot soldiers, informants, tax collectors and assassins for the drug cartels.
Former Mexican President Calls For Legalizing Marijuana
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has joined three other ex-leaders of Latin American nations calling for the decriminalization of marijuana.
Mexico Decriminalization Bill Passes: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
Late last week, both houses of the Mexican Congress approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs.
Mexico Under Siege
CANNABIS CULTURE - Investigative Journalist Peter Gorman finds the United States largely to blame for the bloody Mexican drug war.
