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MEXICO ENACTS LAW DECRIMINALIZING POSSESSION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS.

Publication: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
Publication Date: 26-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Mexico has enacted a law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of narcotics while promoting efforts for addicts to obtain treatment. The controversial legislation, which went into effect upon its publication in the federal register (Diario Oficial de la Federacion) in late August, is intended to free up law-enforcement agencies from prosecuting small-scale users and concentrate instead on the larger war on drugs. Additionally, the change would create more space in Mexico's prison system for dangerous criminals. But critics say the law will make an already difficult problem worse and is inconsistent with the government's war against drug traffickers.

The new drug law had been the subject of intense debate since 2006, when former President Vicente Fox first introduced the initiative. The Congress actually voted in favor of the bill, but Fox vetoed the legislation under US pressure (see SourceMex, 2006-05-10).

President Felipe...

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