FOX SAYS IT'S TIME TO FIGHT DRUGS AT HOME

Mexico, long-focused on the war against drug lords and cartels that smuggle
narcotics to the United States, must do more to curb its own fast-rising
drug use, President Vicente Fox said Saturday.

Two days before he is scheduled to unveil a five-year anti-drug strategy,
Fox said the new plan will push for improved drug treatment and prevention
programs and work to impose tougher punishments for those caught selling
drugs on Mexico's streets.

Mexican drug use is still well below U.S. levels, but Fox said Mexico's past
emphasis on busting up major smuggling gangs that move drugs across the
border has forced smugglers to cultivate a market at home.