The presidents of Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica met Saturday in a regional summit to discuss essentially ending the so-called war on drugs by legalizing or decriminalizing drug use and trade. Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina hosted the summit in the city of Antigua.

Otto Pérez Molina: “What’s happening to us, since we’re not producers nor are we among the major consumers, is that we in the middle are countries that need to confront the problem of drug transit. So that’s why we talked about another idea, which is the decriminalization of drug transportation. And, of course, this needs to be discussed carefully, like all other proposals we are considering. They’re not matters where, in just one day or one session, we could come to a conclusion.”