| Undersecretary Campa Cifrian Says Mexico is Ready for Marijuana Debate Victor Mayen and Yvonne Reyes - The News | |
| go to original August 7, 2013 |
 |
 |
MEXICO CITY – With Uruguay paving the way for the legalization of marijuana sales, the debate in Mexico rumbles on. Just weeks after former President Vicente Fox called for the drug to be legalized in Mexico, Roberto Campa Cifrián, undersecretary of prevention and citizen participation in the Interior Secretariat (Segob), on Tuesday said that Mexico has not legalized marijuana because it would increase usage and do nothing to reduce the levels of violence associated with criminal gangs that traffic the drug.
Campa Cifrián added, however, that Mexico is ready for a debate on the matter.
“I personally consider that we’re on the right path. It seems to me that the decision depends on the levels of consumption. In Mexico we still have relatively low levels of consumption,” Campa Cifrián said.
Read the rest at The News
We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!
Celebrate a Healthy Lifestyle
From activities like hiking, swimming, bike riding and yoga, to restaurants offering healthy menus, Vallarta-Nayarit is the ideal place to continue - or start - your healthy lifestyle routine.
Banderas Bay offers 34 miles of incomparable coastline in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit, and home to Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit's many great destinations.