Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, was interviewed for the UPI article "Opium legalization favored by Mexico's defense chief." "This is one of the first legalization overtures for a crop that is potentially heroin or opium more generally," says McCormick. "It is broadening legalization in ways which aren't common in the western hemisphere." 10/12/18