園田義明めも。

５月２日世界保健機関（ＷＨＯ）発表のメキシコの数値。
（英ＢＢＣマップもＷＨＯ数値反映）

インフルエンザＡ型（H1N1）による死亡が確認された人数・・・１６人
インフルエンザＡ型（H1N1）による感染が確認された人数・・・３９７人（死者含む）

５月１日から感染者が大幅増加。
とはいえ、インフルエンザＡ型（日本では新型インフル）の感染が確認された死者は１６人。

一方でメキシコの麻薬カルテルの縄張り争いによる死者は今年だけで約２０００人。

１６人と２０００人。
なぜか話題は今なお１６人に集中。

４月１６日にはオバマ米大統領がメキシコを訪問。
カルデロン大統領との会談でメキシコ政府の麻薬組織撲滅作戦を全面支援する意向を表明したばかり。

その２週間後になんとメキシコ議会は少量の麻薬所持を合法化する法案を可決。
５グラムまでのマリファナ、５００ミリグラムまでのコカイン、
それに少量のヘロインやメタンフェタミンの持ち運びが合法化。

今メキシコに必要なのはインフルエンザＡ型用のドラッグだと思いますが・・・。

これはいったいどういうこと？


＜関連記事＞

Mexico passes bill on small-scale drugs possession
Fri May 1, 2009 8:39pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN01336313?sp=true

MEXICO CITY, May 1 (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress has passed a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs, from marijuana to methamphetamine, as President Felipe Calderon tries to focus on catching traffickers.

The bill, proposed by Calderon after an attempt by the previous government at a similar bill came under fire in the United States, would make it legal to carry up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of marijuana, 500 milligrams (0.018 ounces) of cocaine and tiny quantities heroin and methamphetamines.

The lower house of deputies passed the bill late on Thursday. It already has been approved by the Senate and is expected to be signed into law by Calderon in the days ahead.

Mexico's Congress passed a similar proposal in 2006 but the bill was vetoed by Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox, after Washington said it would increase drug abuse.

The United States recently pledged stronger backing for Calderon's army-led war on drug cartels, whose turf wars have killed some 2,000 people so far this year in Mexico, as the drug violence is starting to seep over the border.

The new bill also allows Mexican states to convict small-time drug dealers, no longer making it a federal crime to peddle narcotics, a move that should speed up those cases.

U.S. President Barack Obama praised Calderon's drug war efforts in a visit to Mexico last month and promised more agents and southbound border controls to curb the flow of guns and cash to the cartels.