http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/08/leader-drugs-legalisation-reform-marijuana
FTA:
If the purpose of drug policy is to make toxic substances available to anyone who wants them in a flourishing market economy controlled by murderous criminal gangs, the current arrangements are working well.
If, however, the goal is to reduce the amount of drugs being consumed and limit the harm associated with addiction, it is surely time to tear up the current policy. It has failed.
President Felipe Calderón, who has generally adhered to the standard US policy idiom of a "war on drugs", last week called for a debate on legalisation. That is a rare departure for an incumbent head of state,