I'm amazed to find even the right of center Economist advocating legalizing drugs: http://tiny.cc/TLjib The world is definitely changing.
On the other hand, I think a lot of people with low resistance to this destructive habit will suffer greatly while now they're skating thru on fear of the law.
In addition, perhaps the major problem in Mexico, Honduras, and so on is the lack of will on the government's part to enforce the laws in a just manner. We have that problem here in the US on a microscopic scale but in places like this, sometimes the worst thing that can happen to you is to get arrested.
