Drug rehabilitation centre. Tijuana, Mexico. Alejandro Cossio/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The criminalisation of the sale and consumption of certain substances, under the model known internationally as ‘the war on drugs’, has been increasingly criticised in a variety of global forums due to its evident failure as a strategy to end the use and abuse of prohibited substances, as well as its impact in filling prisons with people accused of non-violent crimes.
When this model is adopted in a country where the rule of law, accountability or respect for human rights has not been consolidated, the negative impacts are multiplied. This is the case in Mexico.
