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A war on drugs? No, this is a war on the Mexican people Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, began his administration in 2000 with a popular festival. Felipe Calderón, who took over in 2006, began h...
Abused and Afraid in Ciudad Juarez Residents in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, are caught between the drug-related violence and the human rights violations committed by the security forces. T...
An altered state Proposition 19 has a chance of winning mainly because Californians have become rather relaxed about weed. Back in 1972 a proposition to legalise the...
Argentina and Mexico clash with the INCB The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna in March 2010 was a rather uneventful event. One of the most controversial issues were the comments...
Cannabis in Mexico In August 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declaredthat he would support a national debate on the issue of legalisation, reversing his previous...
Considering New Strategies for Confronting Organized Crime in Mexico Mexico has experienced an unprecedented rise in crime and violence over the past five years with over 47,000 people killed in crime related ...
De “no hay alternativa” a “enséñenme la salida” Aun cuando tarde, siempre será bienvenida la disposición presidencial para admitir la necesidad de un debate largamente pospuesto en su administración...
Drug Laws and Prison in Mexico Over the years, the Mexican government has adopted increasingly heavy prison sentences and militarized drug policies to confront drug tr...
Drug Laws and Prisons in Mexico Mexico is currently undergoing one of the worst crises in its history in terms of violence and insecurity. This crisis is directly related to the stre...
Ex-Mexico president calls for legalizing drugs Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the...
Fear and loathing surrounds decriminalisation "The war on drugs has failed," said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy,which compriseda former UN secretary...
Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, according to former President V...
Four Decades Later, It's Time to Scrap the Dead-End Drug War I recently returned from the desert city of Durango, Mexico, where forensic officials are still trying to identify some 240 corpses discovered this ...
Fox pide legalizar y gravar drogas El ex presidente fijó su postura por “legalizar la producción, la venta y la distribución de las drogas” en el país y así “golpear y romper la estru...
Has the time come to legalize drugs? Legalization of drugs -- long an issue championed mainly by fringe groups -- is rapidly moving to the mainstream in Latin America. Last week's s...
How California's Pot Proposition Is Agitating Latin America What was Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos smoking? Colombia has long been an obedient lieutenant in the U.S.-led war on drugs, yet there was ...
Insistir en el enfoque represivo en la lucha contra el narco, inefectivo Mientras la estrategia para combatir el narcotráfico se centre en las acciones bélicas, la guerra en contra de este ilícito continuará por décadas sin...
Just say no Given the recent calls by several Latin American presidents for a debate on legalising drugs, would the United States show any flexibility in its st...
Latin America's fatal prison problem Prison riots in Venezuela. Jailbreaks in Mexico. Prison fires in Honduras. Latin America is displaying violent cases of the ails of its prison system...
Legalizing Marijuana in California Will Not Dramatically Reduce Mexican Drug Trafficking Revenues Legalizing marijuana in California will not dramatically reduce the drug revenues collected by Mexican drug trafficking organizations from sales to ...

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Residents in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, are caught between the drug-related violence and the human rights violations committed by the security forces.

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