Opium legalization favored by Mexico's defense chief

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Opium legalization favored by Mexico's defense
chief
Published: Oct. 11, 2018    Patrick Timmons

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Mexico's outgoing Secretary of National Defense
Salvador Cienfuegos recently lent his support to a growing chorus of Mexican
officials calling for legalization of opium for medical purposes.

Mexico currently depends on imports of medical-grade opiates, something
legalizers, including Cienfuegos, want to change.

"The issue is already on the table," Cienfuegos, the country's most senior army
general, said, speaking at the opening of a new army barracks in Guerrero state's
Teloloapan in early October.

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