Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession
"Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday — a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's grueling battle against drug traffickers." - http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/08/mexico-legalizes-drug-posession/
Who's coming with me?
Who's coming with me?
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perdon, donde esta la drogeria?
Yo queres mucho, mucho mota por favor!
Finally.
Not good enough.
This calls for a celebration lol. Kite night tonight perhaps.
But, will they banning cigarettes?
A small but highly significant step in the right direction.
I don't know.
When you look at the legal amounts, it's pretty chincy.
Who knows?
I'll say this: I wish that some of the troops that I've met would rock the casbah in Juarez instead of pounding old mountain trails in Afghanistan.
We have some real, no kidding, bad mother-fuckers down around here, and ain't too many tough guys wanna fuck with them.
Something is wrong with this picture.
They're only allowed to have 5g of weed? That's less than a quarter of an ounce (damn english system)... hopefully that is only a limit on the amount a person can carry on them.
The problem with the prohibition system is that criminal organizations control the distribution. Decriminalizing small amounts won't help unless people can grow their own plants. If users can't do that then they still have to pay those organizations to obtain the drugs, further funding their often violent activities.
>> ^Psychologic:
They're only allowed to have 5g of weed? That's less than a quarter of an ounce (damn english system)... hopefully that is only a limit on the amount a person can carry on them.
The problem with the prohibition system is that criminal organizations control the distribution. Decriminalizing small amounts won't help unless people can grow their own plants. If users can't do that then they still have to pay those organizations to obtain the drugs, further funding their often violent activities.
People are going to pay the organizations anyways. At the same rate. Except unlike the U.S.A, now small time possession won't amount to criminal prosecution, freeing up police, and courts, to prosecute those violent criminals. They will also save money, referring to incarcerating people in prison for possession. This in turn will cease the production of criminals, who, while non violent and peaceful people who just wanted to get high, after being forced to join a gang and smuggle things up their assholes for their 'daddy', will likely leave the prison system after being repeatedly raped and beaten by hardcore inmates, and find themselves in a life of crime, thus creating more crime, more violence, and yes, more drug dealers.
Decriminalization leads to ordinary citizens remaining ordinary citizens, and criminals remaining behind bars. I live in Canada, and we have decriminalized small amounts as well. Your view is typical of the half thought out way your fellow countrymen approach most societal issues. Under your system, I would be in prison learning how to shank someone right now, so that when I get out to no job, life, family, I can kill your moms for her purse. Then you cry foul. Well foul on you friendo.
>> ^detheter:
Your view is typical of the half thought out way your fellow countrymen approach most societal issues. Under your system, I would be in prison learning how to shank someone right now, so that when I get out to no job, life, family, I can kill your moms for her purse.
Are you directing your statements at me? If not then perhaps I misread your post. If so, then I'm not sure where you got the idea that I want drug users to be incarcerated, or even that I think convicted felons should be excluded from the workforce.
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