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Weekly Report - 12 May 2016 (WR-16-18)
MEXICO: First marijuana, next opium poppies?
In moving to legalise marijuana for medicinal use and decriminalise its recreational use, Mexico is essentially following a regional trend, but an impending drug debate would break new ground and grab far more attention. The governor of Guerrero, Héctor Astudillo, is proposing that opium poppy cultivation should be legalised for medicinal purposes. Guerrero accounts for some 60% of Mexico’s poppy production, fuelling bloody turf wars between drug trafficking organisations (DTOs) vying for control of the growing trade in the poverty-stricken state.
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