LEGALIZING DRUGS POSSIBLE, FOX SAYS

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Struggling with the corruption and violence caused by
drug trafficking, President Vicente Fox says the solution might be to
eventually legalize drug use.

In an interview published by two newspapers Sunday, Fox indicated agreement
with a police official who suggested last week that the only way to win the
war on drugs was to legalize drugs -- eliminating the profits and violence
caused by illegal trafficking.

But the president quickly qualified that statement, saying Mexico could not
move alone and indicating he did not expect such a step soon.