Mexico president hints legalizing drugs may be needed

Market solution may be needed to curb drug gangs' power | Drug wars have hurt Mexico's ruling conservatives
Reuters
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday turned up pressure on the United States to curb demand for illicit drugs, hinting that legalization of narcotics may be needed to weaken the drug cartels. Mexico, which has been racked by a bloody conflict between the government and drug cartels, is paying the price for its proximity to the United States, Calderon said in a speech to the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in New York.