Mexico ready to debate legalisation as drug war claims 28,000 lives: President says he is open to hearing pros and cons of making marijuana legal despite being personally opposed to the idea

It looks like the consequences of drug prohibition -- in this case needless deaths and assorted violence -- are making Mexico react in a more logical way. Mexico's president, Felipe Calderón, said today he would consider a debate on legalising drugs, as his government announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in prohibition violence since he launched a crackdown against cartels in December 2006.