Uruguay’s Likely Cannabis Law Could Set Tone For War On Drugs In Latin America
State control of marijuana market should be seen as part of long and pragmatic tradition of market intervention and nationalisation
Browsing: President
Dalai Lama Supports Medical Marijuana
He told supporters in Mexico that for medical purposes, the herb should be legalized.
Fox Blasts Calderon Over Mexico’s Drug War
Legalization of drugs would end the gangland violence that has cost tens of thousands of lives in Mexico, former President Vicente Fox said, blaming successor Felipe Calderon for the carnage.
Colombian President Tells U.N. The Drug War Has Not Been Won
The "war on drugs" has not been won, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told the United Nations on Tuesday, exhorting the world body to add teeth to a special session on drugs in 2016.
Drug War Grinds On After Cartel Arrest
Mexico's capture of Miguel Ángel Treviño—who authorities say ran the Zetas drug gang with such ferocity that he'd sometimes boil enemies alive in grease—leaves the government a key challenge: How to dismantle the rest of the decentralized cartel.
Mexico Opens Disputed Memorial For Drug War Victims
Mexico opened a memorial Friday honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing.
Mexico Changes Stance in Drug War – But Little Difference Seen From Calderón
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto talks of end to military crackdown against drug cartels that has left up to 100,000 dead
Clinton: Drug War ‘Hasn’t Worked’
Former President Bill Clinton says in a new documentary that his administration’s attempts to limit drug trafficking from Colombia “hasn’t worked.”
War on Pot More Harmful Than the Drug
Judging from recent history, any young person who aspires to be president should be aware that certain attributes seem to be critical. You have to be male. You have to have an Ivy League degree. You have to have been a governor or senator. And, don't forget, you have to have smoked marijuana.
Mexico’s Calderon Defends Drug War in Final State of Nation Address
Mexican President Felipe Calderon defended his government's approach to combating crime and drugs Monday during his final state of the nation address.
