| Jorge Castaneda: Mexico Should Enact Marijuana Law Like Uruguays EFE | |
| go to original September 2, 2013 |
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Former Foreign Relations Secretary Jorge Castañeda (EFE)
SAO PAULO - Former Foreign Relations Secretary Jorge Castañeda said in an interview published by the Brazilian press that Mexico should enact a marijuana law like the one passed by Uruguayan lawmakers on July 31 as part of an effort to fight drug trafficking and drug abuse.
"I believe the law should be brought to Mexico and the country's political sectors are already debating it because it is undeniable that the prohibition policies did not have an effect," Castañeda, who served as Mexican foreign relations secretary from 2000 to 2002, told Folha de Sao Paulo.
The Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies approved a bill backed by President Jose Mujica that allows the regulated cultivation, distribution and sale of marijuana.
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