Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Urges Marijuana Legalization Ronnie Cohen - Reuters
go to original July 9, 2013

In May, former Mexican President Vicente Fox and ex-Microsoft manager Jamen Shively discussed legalizing and branding marijuana with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. (CNN)

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox took his crusade to legalize marijuana to San Francisco on Monday, joining pot advocates to urge the United States and his own country to decriminalize the sale and recreational use of cannabis.

Fox met for three hours 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 legalized recreational use.

Legalization, Fox told reporters after the meeting, is the only way to end the violence of Mexican drug cartels, which he blamed on America's war on drugs.

"The cost of the war is becoming unbearable - too high for Mexico, for Latin America and for the rest of the world," Fox said in English.

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