Topic: DRUGS - on April 13, 2009 at 2:35:00 PM CEST
Mexican ambassador: US should take marijuana legalization seriously
Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan joined CBS’ Bob Schieffer to talk about the violence on Mexico’s border resulting from the drug trade. Sarukhan told Schieffer that the U.S. should take the debate over marijuana legalization seriously. “This is a debate that needs to be taken seriously, that has to be — that we have to engage in on both sides of the border, both in producing, in trafficking, and in consumption countries, and it is a debate that has to be taken on with seriousness,” he said.