A Zogby poll found in May that a narrow majority of Americans agreed it would be sensible to legalise marijuana so that it can be taxed and regulated.
Japan's parliament has passed a long-awaited law to legalise casinos.
On the contrary. As Rand suggests, if both Mexico and America as a whole were to legalise marijuana, the economics of the trafficking cartels would take a serious hit.
One way of interpreting the changes is that rather than creating new opportunities, they merely legalise what was already a widespread informal economy of clandestine private enterprise.
That looked like an attempt to legalise the murder of the few doctors who provide abortions there, and the bill was shelved after heavy criticism.
Outsiders might treat him with more respect if he threatened to legalise cocaine or cosy up to Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's oil-rich anti-American leader.
Greece's government recently abandoned plans to legalise private universities, after three months of protests.
He promises to introduce a professional civil service and legalise the vast mass of informal businesses.
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