SandBoxBlogs: KWES News West 9 "Mexico pres front-runner opposes legalizing drugs"

Now, Pena Nieto has SandBox support for election to the office of Presidente'.

Remind yourself of some of current Mexican Presidente' Felipe Calderon's beliefs, consequences and policies:

http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2011/10/sandbox-comments-cns-news-mexican.html

http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2012/01/sandbox-comments-intellectual.html

http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2012/04/sandboxblogs-hot-air-blog-why-shouldnt.html


KATHERINE CORCORAN:
"MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's presidential front-runner opposes legalizing drugs, saying in an interview Monday that the idea is too "simplistic" to fight narcotics trafficking in the violence-plagued country.

Enrique Pena Nieto said allowing the use of so-called soft drugs would only open the door to abusing harder substances.

"So far no one has convinced me that this is the solution," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It seems to be the answer for those who don't see another way to reduce violence. But I favor a debate and evaluating the arguments people are making about the subject in different parts of the world."

Pena Nieto, who as governor of Mexico's most populous state was considered a pragmatist focusing on public works, said he would focus as president on reducing violence over fighting drug cartels.

The 45-year-old candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party said he would strengthen police, create a single state police force and fight money-laundering - the same methods as President Felipe Calderon, whose conservative National Action Party is trailing Pena Nieto heading toward the July 1 national elections.

Pena Nieto couldn't name one major distinction between his security strategy and Calderon's, saying only that the government's offensive against organized crime hasn't produced the necessary results. More than 47,500 people have died in drug-related violence since Calderon launched his attack upon taking office in December 2006.

"I would be about results," Pena Nieto said. "We have to look at the policies and make some adjustments in the objectives."

He added that he would at least start out following the Merida Initiative, the U.S. plan that has dedicated more than $1 billion in equipment and training to Mexico to fight organized crime....."
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