Mexico's Former President Vicente Fox, Never Short of Words on Any Topic The Mexico Gulf Reporter
go to original April 7, 2014

Former President Vicente Fox of Mexico, who has always considered himself a policy maverick, has emerged as one of his country's most outspoken advocates of marijuana legalization. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

"There are people who, like fine wine, mature and develop well, constantly learning and doing things better. Then there are people and there are wines which go in the opposite direction." - Vicente Fox

Former Mexican National Action Party (PAN) president Vicente Fox, who held office from 2000-2006, was interviewed by a national press source last week and once again used the opportunity to advance his arguments for worldwide drug legalization.

Fox has a plan on who should run narcotics enterprises, too: Mexican drug traffickers.

"Forgiveness is the greatest of human virtues," Fox said in a wide ranging interview. "We should pardon them. Those drug capos are going to change, once the product is regulated. They're going to begin to say to themselves, 'Why am I risking my hide, when I can turn a buck legally, even though, sure, I'll have to pay high taxes.'"

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