Could legalising cocaine solve Mexico’s drug problem?

Court approves recreational use for two people in landmark ruling hailed as ‘historic step’ in war on drugs

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(Image credit: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

A court in Mexico has granted two people the right to use cocaine recreationally, in a landmark ruling hailed as an historic step by an organisation campaigning to end the country’s deadly war on drugs.

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