Just a short diary, but I have not seen this mentioned here. Mexico has decriminalized small amounts of drugs:
No dreadlocked revelers smoked celebratory reefers in the streets, no armies of conservatives protested, the Mexican media raised no hullabaloo. Quietly and with little ado, Mexico last week enacted a law to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all major narcotics, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and crystal meth. Anyone caught in Mexico with two or three joints or about four lines of cocaine can no longer be arrested, fined or imprisoned. However, police will give them the address of the nearest rehab clinic and advise them to get clean.
Read more:
http://www.time.com/...
Selling drugs though is still illegal, so this is a bit of a half measure, in that it seems that legalizing at the very least marijuana would put a big dent in the cartels, and raise some needed tax revenue as well.
"It is illogical to have a law that allows drug consumption but does not control where it is coming from," says Representative Enrique Cardenas, who voted against the bill. "It will only fuel corruption and dealing."
http://www.time.com/...
Still a move on the right direction, I think