30Oct2012
Health Department Reports Country's Rising Drug Use Has Stabilized
Associated Press
The Health Department's 2011 national addictions survey says 1.5 per cent of Mexicans aged 12 to 65 admitted to using illegal drugs at least once, compared to 1.4 per cent in 2008, the last time the survey was conducted.

30Oct2012
Would a Second Round Help in Future Mexican Elections?
Mexidata.info
Mexican lawmakers might consider changing Mexico's electoral system to allow a second round of voting, as some other countries do. Such a system might decrease the number of politicians who contest future elections.

30Oct2012
One Marijuana Arrest Every 42 Seconds: New FBI Numbers Reveal Failure of 'War on Drugs'
CopsSayLegalizeMarijuana.com
Just over one week before voters in three states will decide on ballot measures to legalize and regulate marijuana, the FBI has released a new report showing that police in the U.S. arrest someone for marijuana every 42 seconds and that 87% of those arrests are for possession alone.

29Oct2012
Did a UFO Fly Into Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano?
Open Minds
On Friday, October 26, Mexican media company Televisa reported capturing video of a UFO entering Mexico’s active volcano Popocatepetl. But then again, the object might not have been there at all.

29Oct2012
Mexico's Narco Televisa Scandal: The Impunity of the Elite
MadCow Morning News
Even as he prepares to take office in a month, a mushrooming scandal in Mexico threatens that country’s new President, Enrique Pena Nieto. Some call it Mexico’s Watergate; the comparison might even be apt.

29Oct2012
Over One Million Visitors Attend Mexican Book Fair
Prensa Latina
More than 1,200,000 visitors attended the International Book Fair in the Zocalo, the main square in Mexico City, held on October 19-28.

29Oct2012
Daylight Saving Time Saved 1,014 Gw, Gov't Says
EFE
Mexico went off daylight saving time, or DST, over the weekend, with preliminary estimates putting total energy savings at 1,014 GW, a sum equivalent to the total energy consumption of Campeche state last year.

29Oct2012
Tithing for Inspiration: Giving Back to Those Who Spiritually Feed You
Care2.com
If I were to start such a practice right now, I’d have to drain my bank account to even begin to express the immensity of my gratitude for how deeply many people have touched my life.


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