But isn't aren't drugs de-facto legal in Mexico anyway? The cartels are thought to control the police, judges and politicians enough that they do not fear the rule of law much. If drugs were legalized in Mexico, wouldn't the cartels do what cartels do anyway and prevent everyone else from producing?
Or do you mean make it legal at the destination - the US?
Not if he outsourced the reading of said book to a foreign company. He would would have to check if their reading was the same as his every hour for 18 months that would have taken him 3 days to read it himself. Slowly.
Identify companies you want/can potentially work for. Find out their skill requirements. Contact them directly - it is worth a shot.
Generally though, and in my neck of the woods - Java is very widely used. So is .Net (mostly C#), Python and JavaScript.
If I had to start again like you, I would go hard on Python first. It is relatively easier, and there is also the great potential to build your own apps with it. Potential employers are easily impressed with personal projects.
That begs the question of course: What are normal healthy eating habits?
Our eating habits have been formed by mass marketing for many decades so I would not call them normal. Even the fresh fruit and vegetables I see in the supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths in Australia) do not look normal.
Or do you mean make it legal at the destination - the US?