President Obama is visiting Mexico today, and this editorial from Mexico’s El Universal wonders what Obama wants from Mexico City, with a large number of U.S. states legalizing marijuana, gun legislation in the U.S. Congress looking ‘dead’, and immigration reform appearing to stall.
The El Universal editorial says in part:
With respect to the United States, for example, there is appears to be little or no effort to reduce the consumption of drugs. What would a concrete commitment to do so by that country look like, and what time scale would it have? In that sense, this topic takes on a different hue in light of the legalization of marijuana in some states in the American Union. That is, while here we bury the dead of this war, there they are providing the places and conditions for consumption.
Nor is there any evidence that political forces in the United States are willing to halt the free sale of weapons, nor is there any indication that a serious crusade against money laundering is in the offing. Is President Obama willing to engage in discussions vital to eliminating the root causes of drug trafficking, or will he simply tell us that in our bilateral relations, we are subordinate to them?
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