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Call off war on drugs, leader of Guatemala tells the west
Source: The Observer
Call off war on drugs, leader of Guatemala tells the west
Otto Pérez Molina says regulated narcotics market must be
introduced to forestall threat to democracy from drug cartels
Jamie Doward
The Observer, Saturday 19 January 2013 21.03 GMT
The west's "war on drugs" has failed and continuing with prohibition will only cost more lives, the Guatemalan president, Otto Pérez Molina, declares in an interview in the Observer.
In a further sign that the global consensus on drugs is fragmenting, Pérez Molina will use a debate at this week's Davos forum in Switzerland to attack the international community for its support for prohibition, and to call for a regulated narcotics market.
"I believe western countries fail to understand the reality that countries such as Guatemala and those of Central America have to live in," said Pérez Molina. "There has been plenty of talk, but no effective response. I believe, ultimately, that this is due to a lack of understanding on the part of western countries."
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Otto Pérez Molina says regulated narcotics market must be
introduced to forestall threat to democracy from drug cartels
Jamie Doward
The Observer, Saturday 19 January 2013 21.03 GMT
The west's "war on drugs" has failed and continuing with prohibition will only cost more lives, the Guatemalan president, Otto Pérez Molina, declares in an interview in the Observer.
In a further sign that the global consensus on drugs is fragmenting, Pérez Molina will use a debate at this week's Davos forum in Switzerland to attack the international community for its support for prohibition, and to call for a regulated narcotics market.
"I believe western countries fail to understand the reality that countries such as Guatemala and those of Central America have to live in," said Pérez Molina. "There has been plenty of talk, but no effective response. I believe, ultimately, that this is due to a lack of understanding on the part of western countries."
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/19/war-on-drugs-has-failed
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