Pubdate: Wed, 26 Sep 2012
Source: Washington Examiner (DC)
Copyright: 2012 Associated Press
Contact:  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3788

GUATEMALA PRESIDENT SAYS LEGALIZE DRUGS

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is 
advocating the international legalization of drugs even as he is 
moving to fight narcotics cartels with the biggest military buildup 
in the Central American country since its long and bloody civil war.

There's no contradiction, the president said in an interview with the 
Associated Press on Tuesday, a day before he plans to address the 
U.N. General Assembly.

"We can't take unilateral action, it will be gradual," Perez said, 
referring to his push for legalization. "Meanwhile, while we're 
taking these steps, we're not going to let Guatemala become an open 
corridor for trafficking and consuming drugs."
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