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The potential echoes of California's pot proposition in Mexico

By Douglas A. Berman

This new report, headlined "Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization," provides yet another interesting perspective on the debate over possible marijuana legalization in California. Here is how the piece starts: A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs ? once a taboo suggestion ? is percolating in Mexico, a nation exhausted by runaway violence and a deadly drug war. The debate is only likely to grow more animated if Californians approve an initiative on Nov. 2 to legalize marijuana for recreational use in their state. Mexicans are keeping a close eye on the vote, seeing it as a bellwether. "If they vote 'yes' to approve the full legalization of marijuana, I think it will have a radical impact in Mexico," said Jorge Hernandez Tinajero, a political scientist at the National Autonomous University...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 09, 2010 (boomark / email).