Pubdate: Wed, 10 Jul 2013
Source: Cape Times (South Africa)
Copyright: 2013 Cape Times
Contact:  http://www.capetimes.co.za/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2938

EX-PRESIDENT EXTENDS CRUSADE TO LEGALISE DAGGA

SAN FRANCISCO: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox took his crusade
to legalise marijuana to San Francisco on Monday, joining pot
advocates to urge the US and his own country to decriminalise the sale
and recreational use of cannabis.

Legalisation, Fox told reporters after the meeting, was the only way
to end the violence of Mexican drug cartels, which he blamed on the US
war on drugs. "The cost of the war is becoming unbearable," Fox said.

Every day, he said, 40 young people are killed in drug-related
violence.

Fox's position on legalising drugs has evolved since the days when he
co-operated with US efforts to clamp down on production in Mexico
during his 2000-2006 presidency.
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