From the front of the house to the back of the house and everywhere in between.
When the New York Times reported on the impacts of Mexico’s four-day-old law to decriminalize the possession of small amount of drugs, they went to the most credible person first. They talked to someone who understands the cost of running a corrupt and expensive criminal-justice system, an expert on the medical treatment of health and social problems, and a person who understands how to undermine murderous cartels: a heroin and cocaine addict living on the streets of Tijuana.
