Mexico marijuana decriminalisation will help the poor 'supplier' nations

An absurd status quo has held sway in Mexico, ever since the United States began to legalise marijuana, for medical, and, more recently, recreational use. The nation – encouraged by Washington – has some of the strictest drug laws in Latin America. 

But the vast majority of the marijuana it produces ends up in the US. So Mexican law enforcement officials – complying with the demands of their American counterparts – have been expending massive resources on preventing the growth and trafficking of a drug that is often, by the time it ends up being smoked within US borders, entirely legal.

This state of affairs may not last much longer. The ripple-effects of legalisation in Colorado and Denver have spread south, and this week the Mexican Supreme Court issued a ruling – small in practice, momentous in its symbolism – that seems likely to lead to effective decriminalisation. Four activists...

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