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Obama: Drug legalization not the answer to cartels
April 14, 2012
April 14, 2012
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(AP) CARTAGENA, Colombia - President Barack Obama said Saturday legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss decriminalization as a way to ease deadly cartel violence.
Mr. Obama says he is open to having a debate about legalization, but he doesn't believe it will lead to an agreement to legalize drugs.
President Obama was speaking to an assembly of top executives from the hemisphere as part of the sixth Summit of the Americas here.
The president said the answer to the drug cartels is
Mr. Obama says he is open to having a debate about legalization, but he doesn't believe it will lead to an agreement to legalize drugs.
President Obama was speaking to an assembly of top executives from the hemisphere as part of the sixth Summit of the Americas here.
The president said the answer to the drug cartels is
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