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March 26, 2012

Guatemala Hosts Summit on Drug Legalization 
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The presidents of Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica met Saturday in a
regional summit to discuss essentially ending the so-called war on drugs
by legalizing or decriminalizing drug use and trade. Guatemalan
President Otto Perez Molina hosted the summit in the city of Antigua.
Otto Perez Molina: "What's happening to us— since we're not
producers nor are we among the major consumers— is that we in the
middle are countries that need to confront the problem of drug transit.
So that's why we talked about another idea which is the
decriminalisation of drug transportation and of course this needs to be
discussed carefully like all other proposals we are considering. They're
not matters where in just one day or one session, we could come to a
conclusion."



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