Who woulda thunk it?An increasingly large chorus of nations - ravaged by trafficking and violence - say it's now time to re-think international drug policy. As the corrupting power of cartels grows across Mexico and Central America, and as the body count rises, legalisation needs to be seriously discussed as an alternative to militarisation, regional leaders say.It isn't a message US President Barack Obama wants to hear when he arrives in Cartagena, Colombia, to meet 33 heads of state on April 14.
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President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos head to a press conference at the Summit of the Americas. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. In Latin American countries where drug violence rages, leaders are incr... Read Post
Amid calls from Latin American leaders to legalize drugs, President Obama said today that he is open to the debate but that legalizing narcotics to counter drug trafficking in the Americas could make matters worse. “I think it is en... Read Post
BuzzFlash at Truthout has been covering the bloody fiasco of the US sponsored war on drugs in Mexico and other southern nations. Most recently, Truthout reported, "The US War on Drug Cartels in Mexico Is a Deadly Failure." In that a... Read Post