Is cannabis regulation an effective strategy to combat drug trafficking and protect public health?

What this debate covers

“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?” in Spanish) is a two-sided Spanish debate on marijuana legalisation in latin america: the uruguay model vs. the cost of prohibition — both arguments written out in full. This debate addresses the controversy surrounding cannabis legalization, analyzing whether models like Uruguay's can be viable solutions to dismantle the black market, control product quality, and redirect police resources to more serious crimes, or if, conversely, it would exacerbate public health problems, especially in adolescents, without significantly impacting the diversification of transnational organized crime, as argued from the Mexican perspective.

Each side is written at three levels — A2 Foundations, B1 Intermediate and B2 Advanced — with a one-tap English translation, the argument vocabulary you need to reuse, and discussion questions to take into conversation.

Opens at B1 · 3 min read · 346 words · native-recorded audio