Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that he would consider legalizing certain drugs as part of a broader strategy to fight poverty and crime.
Speaking in the state of Zacatecas, Lopez Obrador said that a recent proposal from the country’s defense minister, who backed legalization of opium for medicinal use, was important and that he would not rule out anything.
“It’s important what he proposed,” Lopez Obrador said. “There should be a comprehensive approach to the terrible problem of insecurity and violence.”
Lopez Obrador, who takes office on Dec. 1, said on Sunday . . .
