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[Judi Lynn]

Former Mexican president says country will legalise all drugs within a decade

Vicente Fox: ‘I think marijuana is a first step … It’s now irreversible’

Mexico’s supreme court recently approved growing drug for recreational use

Reuters in Mexico City
Wednesday 18 November 2015 15.17 EST

All drugs including cocaine, heroin and crystal meth will be legal in Mexico within 10 years, said the country’s former president Vicente Fox, after a court ruling that he said makes the legalisation of marijuana inevitable.

“I think marijuana (legalization) is a first step,” Fox told Reuters on Tuesday. “It’s now irreversible.”

Fox was president between 2000 and 2006 and became an advocate of legalising drugs after leaving office.

Earlier this month, the supreme court approved growing marijuana for recreational use. The landmark decision blasts open the door for an eventual legalisation in Mexico, where warring gangs have waged a decade of drug violence.

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