The government of Mexico, tired of drug war violence, is considering the legalization of marijuana and possibly other drugs.

With Mexicans everywhere, exhausted by the deadly drug wars, asking for answers, the debate has grown more urgent.

Discussion about legalization has already been put on the public agenda by President Felipe Calderon, who has held a series of open forums with politicians and civic leaders.

The president is also known to be watching the neighbouring US state of California, to see if the state approves an initiative on November 2nd to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Calderon has said that Mexico will not be able to act alone in legalizing drugs, saying if the cost of drugs is not levelled, at least in the United States, the black-market price will still be determined by US consumers.

Former President Vicente Fox, a member of Calderon’s conservative National Action Party, recently wrote that the country should consider legalizing the production, distribution and sale of drugs, to "strike and break the economic structure that allows the mafias to generate huge profits in their business."

Counternarcotics officials have said several Mexican cartels are deeply involved in marijuana production and sales in California .