Mexican President Backs Off Drug Bill

From an AP article of the same name by Mark Stevenson in The Washington Post:

Mexican President Vicente Fox backed off signing a drug decriminalization bill that the United States warned could result in "drug tourism" and increased availability of narcotics in American border communities. Fox reversed course Wednesday and said he was sending the bill back to Congress for changes, just one day after his office had said he would sign it into law. The measure would have dropped criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs. Fox's statement said he will ask for corrections "to make it absolutely clear in our country, the possession of drugs and their consumption are, and will continue to be, a criminal offense."

Jon Stewart joked that the Mexican law would end the illegal immigration debate...the influx of illegal immigrants would be offset by Americans going to Mexico for the drugs.