Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/americas/21mexico.html

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Mexico enacted a controversial law on Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging government-financed treatment for drug dependency free of charge.

 

The law sets out maximum “personal use” amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer face criminal prosecution; the law goes into effect on Friday.

Is this going to help or hurt your meth business?

What are you talking about? I'm a chemistry teacher.

  On 8/21/2009 at 8:57 AM, karmakramer said:

What are you talking about? I'm a chemistry teacher.

YOU teach kids? God help them.

what a groundbreaking yet strangely irrelevant move by the mexican government.

SPRING BREAK IN TJ IS GOING TO BE OFF THE HOOK, BRO!!

portugal did something similar a while back, i think, and it's working wonderfully for them. their crime rate has dropped and their streets have cleaned up. if people get caught with drugs, they are referred to a doctor instead of going to jail. it seems like a good system.

which means the united states will never implement it, we're all about outdated systems with proven flaws.

  On 8/21/2009 at 8:57 AM, karmakramer said:

What are you talking about? I'm a chemistry teacher.

What's Malcolm upto nowadays?

holy wow

like 5 grams or something like that

it's still illegal to sell it.

so it'll just magically appear in your bag every month? i seeee

it better.

Finally the world is starting to get some sense.

I know that drugs fuck alot of people up and are horrible on communities but having them illegal does nothing for preventative measures, and only makes it so that the criminals control the drug flow which they in turn use to pay for guns and gang wars.

The world is paranoid about legalizing drugs because of the message it will send but the fact is that drug abuse is a HEALTH issue not a fucking CRIME issue and it should be treated that way by clinics and medical professionals.

bump

heh. bump.

  On 8/22/2009 at 4:29 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

Even weed can really fuck you up.

...that's the point bro

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  On 8/22/2009 at 5:48 AM, doorjamb said:

  On 8/22/2009 at 4:29 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

Even weed can really fuck you up.

 

...that's the point bro

I don't know, I think I could take her.

Argentina just did em one better:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8221599.stm

man South America is definitely the place to be:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/19/bolivia-cocaine-bar-route-36

Yeah bro, cocaine's super gnarly, high five!