C’mon, Mexico. Don’t be shy about making a legitimate buck on drugs
Last week, Mexico’s government did something that ought to be emulated far and wide — it stopped worrying about America’s draconian preferences on drug policy and decriminalized the personal use of not just marijuana, but a wide variety of officially disfavored intoxicants. In a country ravaged by violence and corruption spawned by drug prohibition, the new policy promises less reason for conflict between people and officials, and fewer opportunities for crooked cops to extract bribes from people enjoying an after-work toke or sniff. But as much as decriminalization is a step in the right direction, it doesn’t go far enough; Mexico should making drugs perfectly legal to produce and sell in any quantity.
I weighed in on this issue back in 2006:
via C’mon, Mexico. Don’t be shy about making a legitimate buck on drugs.
