Fox Focuses on Nation’s Drug Woes
From Times Wire Reports
Mexico, long focused on the war against top drug lords and cartels that smuggle narcotics to the United States, must do more to curb its own fast-rising drug-use and addiction rates, President Vicente Fox said.
Two days before he is scheduled to unveil his government’s aggressive, five-year anti-drug strategy, Fox said the new plan would push for improved drug treatment and prevention programs nationwide and work to impose tougher punishments for those caught selling narcotics on Mexico’s streets.
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