Instead of coming across the border in secret compartments on trucks or on the backs of smugglers, legalized drugs could be declared at the port of entry, or grown legally in the United States. Hull plans to discuss her guest-worker proposal with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo on Wednesday during an Arizona delegation's trip to Mexico City. Hull told a conference of border governors in Tijuana last month. Johnson is the highest elected official to openly support the sale and consumption of illegal drugs. Johnson, too, wants government to intervene as regulators instead of interdicting as enforcers, he said last week at a Santa Fe press conference.
Legalization is about taxation.
While Johnson has signed onto Hull's guest-worker campaign, Hull remains opposed to drug legalization. Few public figures have vocally supported both proposals. Take Douglas Mayor Ray Borane, who was the primary spokesman for a guest-worker program before Hull took up the issue. In addition, increased border enforcement is leading to vast criminal organizations that traffic in illegal entrants, Borane said. While Borane supports a guest-worker program, he opposes legalizing drugs and favors continued drug interdiction in the Douglas area.