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I disagree. Portugal enabled a legislation similar to Mexico a couple of years ago and the drug consumption didn't get higher (I read about it in Newsweek about

I disagree. Portugal enabled a legislation similar to Mexico a couple of years ago and the drug consumption didn't get higher (I read about it in Newsweek about 3 months ago). Like Mexico, Portugal is also a route for drugs. Also, untill the first decades of 20th century drugs like cocaine and marijuana were legal in most countries in the world. And their consumption wasn't actually that high. In the US the biggest consumers of cocaine were the workers on docks (to endure the hard work), farmers' wives (to endure boredom) and doctors (because it was so easily available for them).

dejan 17y ago
I am giving a second thought to this too. I remembered that article too. However, I find it difficult to believe this is the case in Mexico, a very corrupted country with high level of narcotics penetration. We can't predict the future, so I am interested in statistics. In two years we should have them I hope. But again, statistics can easily be manipulated, since it is mostly the government agencies feeding us this data. Let's see, I want to be wrong.