The legalisation debate broadens
An interview with Otto Pérez Molina
By T.W. | PUERTO VALLARTA
OVER the past six months the debate on drugs has moved into the open, as sitting heads of state have gone on the record for the first time to say that they would be prepared to consider legalising narcotics rather than fruitlessly fight them. One of the strongest advocates of radical reform has been Otto Pérez Molina, who was sworn in as Guatemala's president on January 14th. Mr Pérez, a former head of military intelligence, campaigned promising an “iron fist” against crime. He now suggests that the best way to crush Latin America's drug mafias might be to remove their main source of revenue from the criminal economy by legalising it.
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