Vicente Fox: Legalize it

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is the latest Latin American leader to advocate the legalization of marijuana (or at least open the debate) in an interview with CNN’s Jim Clancy, comparing Mexico’s current war on drugs to prohibition in the United States during the 1920s: Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a> His predecessor Ernesto ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is the latest Latin American leader to advocate the legalization of marijuana (or at least open the debate) in an interview with CNN's Jim Clancy, comparing Mexico's current war on drugs to prohibition in the United States during the 1920s:

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is the latest Latin American leader to advocate the legalization of marijuana (or at least open the debate) in an interview with CNN’s Jim Clancy, comparing Mexico’s current war on drugs to prohibition in the United States during the 1920s:

His predecessor Ernesto Zedillo, along with former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria and former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso also recently advocated decriminalization. 

Cardoso explained his position to FP in February. Our editor in chief, Moisés Naím, makes his case for a more rational debate on drugs in the most recent print issue.

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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