Mexican President Felipe Calderón recently proposed legislation to decriminalize drug possession. This legislation, which is supported by Mexico’s Attorney General, is intended to address Mexico’s growing problem with Drug Addiction; the number of drug addicts in Mexico is estimated to have doubled in the last six years.
Under President Calderón’s legislation, people arrested for drugs would have to agree to a drug treatment or prevention program. Those who refused would be fined.
Similar legislation was proposed by President Calderón’s predecessor, Vincente Fox. However, Senór Fox was forced to abandon this effort due to relentless pressure from the White House and the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Despite Calderón’s US-backed, militarily-style anti-drug offensive, Mexico still has a problem comparable to the Mafia’s influence during the Prohibition Era, because the flawded “Kick in the Door” policies practiced, endorsed, and financed by The United States (at the most recent cost of over 400 Million Dollars a year) aren’t working.
The More Shocking Details of Mexico’s Drug Crime Problem Include:
- 3,500 drug-related murders in 2008 (up from 2,500 last year). This figure includes the murders of over 500 Politicians, soldiers, cops, judges, and their families
- More than 20 deaths of male and female inmates in one week due to two huge riots at the vastly overcrowded Tijuana State Prison. Tijuana State Prison Guards also have a horrific reputation for rape, torture, and murder.
- A chronic plague of gruesome acts of murder, including the Mass Murder of 11 people in a Chihuahua bar and the dumping of 5 decapitated heads onto a crowded dance floor.
Mexico has realized the lesson that the United States has refused to accept:
criminalizing personal vices creates a Black Market for them, and a Black Market takes power away from the Government and gives it to Criminals.
