In Mexico, legalizing all drugs to fight the cartels

While the Mexico was set to legalize cannabis by the end of the month, though it will likely be a little late because pressure Given the pressure the country is facing from companies seeking to influence the legalization process, Mario Delgado Carrillo, leader of the ruling MORENA party, suggests legalizing all drugs to combat the cartels.

«I think that after the events in Culiacán [Editor's note: One of El Chapo's sons was captured, triggering an immediate urban war, and was later released by the police to defuse the situation.], »It is urgent that we embark on a process of drug regulation. We should start with cannabis, create a legal framework for its regulation and legalization, and reduce the black market,” he said declared Mario Delgado Carrillo.

«We need to start now by regulating the drug market to eliminate these markets that give organized crime so much power,» he said.

Delgado Carrillo said that, even though the Assembly’s schedule was busy, lawmakers could address the issue of reform in late November or early December.

«Mexico needs to take a step forward,» he added. «We’re going to have to experiment with this regulation, but the goal should be to protect people’s right to health and to the free development of their personalities, and to eliminate the black market for drugs.»

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has already included the decriminalization of drugs in a plan published last May. That proposal also included a provision that would provide consumers with a «prescription supply of doses,» suggesting that some form of legal distribution would be permitted for people who are ill.

«When it comes to narcotics, the prohibitionist strategy is already unsustainable, not only because of the violence caused by its poor results in terms of public health,» the document states. «In most countries where it has been implemented, this strategy has not led to a reduction in use.»

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