MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Catholic officials in Mexico have come out against a federal proposal that would discard criminal sanctions for people caught carrying small quantities of illegal drugs as long as the users agree to enter treatment programs. “Our position is one of total opposition to the proposals,” Father Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico City, told Catholic News Service. “We don’t have the mechanisms to adequately control (the flow of drugs) so instead of being positive, (the law) is going to be justifying the increased consumption of drugs.” Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega of Monterrey said at an Oct. 5 press conference that legalizing the consumption of drugs “does not resolve problems, and I think that the proof of this is that the countries that have opted for this have not been successful in ending the problems.” In early October President Felipe Calderon sent the Mexican Congress a proposal that offers those found in possession of less than 2 grams of marijuana, 50 milligrams of heroin or half a gram of cocaine the option of seeking treatment instead of being sent to prison.