Pubdate: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 Source: Dominion Post, The (New Zealand) Copyright: 2013 The Dominion Post Contact: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2550 LEGALISE-POT CALL Former Mexican president Vicente Fox took his crusade to legalise marijuana to San Francisco yesterday, joining pot advocates to urge the US and his own country to decriminalise the sale and recreational use of cannabis. Fox had a three-hour meeting with the advocates, including Steve DeAngelo, the Oakland-based executive director of California's largest marijuana dispensary, and former Microsoft executive Jamen Shively, who hopes to create a Seattle-based pot brand now that Washington State has legalised recreational use. Legalisation, Fox said after the meeting, was the only way to end the violence of Mexican drug cartels, which he blamed on the US's war on drugs. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt