Sobering

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, left, speaks as Jamen Shively, CEO of Diego Pellicer, looks on during a news conference Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Seattle.

A pretty bracing view of Mexico’s take on the US drug war and the savage toll it’s taken on Mexico. Former Mexican President Vincente Fox showed up In Seattle today for a new conference to announce the launch of the first national marijuana brand. He’s not involved in the business but urged reporters to “maintain a focus on the important issues at hand: the failure of the drug war, the thousands of lives lost, and the better alternative offered by legalization.”