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Mexico moves to legalize cannabis use, a modest step toward de-escalating drug war

  • Written by Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
imageMexico's militarized war on drugs – and, often, drug users – has killed at least 150,000 people over the past 15 years.Jair Cabrera Torres/picture alliance via Getty Images

Mexico’s lower house of Congress in March handily approved a bill to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. The bill is now with the Senate, where it is...

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