Is cannabis regulation an effective strategy to combat drug trafficking and protect public health?
¿Es la regulación del cannabis una estrategia efectiva para combatir el narcotráfico y proteger la salud pública?
Valentina · Uruguayan public-health researcher who supports the regulated-legalisation model: argues state regulation reduces black-market violence, allows quality control, and frees police resources for violent crime.
En Uruguay la marihuana es legal desde 2013.
Diego · Mexican prosecutor who opposes broad legalisation: argues cartels have diversified beyond cannabis, that legalisation has not dismantled organised crime in Uruguay's neighbours, and that public-health risks for adolescents remain underestimated.
Entiendo la idea, pero México es muy diferente.
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