Thousands in Mexico Light Up for Legalized Marijuana at Pro-Pot Protest Lindsey Parietti - Reuters
go to original May 5, 2013

Cannabis advocates and users march through Mexico City openly smoking marijuana and demanding the decriminalization of the drug as Mexico struggles to deal with escalating drug gang violence. Lindsey Parietti reports. (Reuters)

Puffs of smoke rose above the crowd as cannabis advocates and users marched through Mexico City, calling for legal recreational and medicinal use of the drug. While many appeared to enjoy the 13th annual Global Marijuana March, the event also highlights Mexico's growing drug problem.

An estimated 70,000 people have died in drug-related violence as gangs battle for their share of the billion-dollar illicit industry.

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