Mexico’s Fox to OK drug decriminalization law

Mexican President Vicente Fox will not oppose legislation that was presented by the Chamber of Deputies and passed by the Senate decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, opium, cocaine, heroin and other drugs, to focus law enforcement recourses on fighting traffickers. Wow, some common sense. Maybe we should get some in the United States. We continue to waste resources and sacrifice lives in the name of a pointless drug war.

Here in Colorado there is a move for a state-wide referendum to legalize small quantities of marijuana. A measure like this already passed a local referendum in Denver, but since it is still illegal under state and federal law, it doesn’t have a practical impact. Municipal judges in Denver, however, have increasingly been throwing out small possession charges which could serve as a signal to law enforcement to lay off.