Mexico set to decriminalize pot and cocaine

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Possessing marijuana, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by the Mexican Congress.

The measure given final passage by senators late on Thursday allows police to focus on their battle against major drug dealers, the government says, and President Vicente Fox is expected to sign it into law.

"This law provides more judicial tools for authorities to fight crime," presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar said on Friday. The measure was approved earlier by the lower house.

Under the legislation, police will not penalize people for possessing up to 5 grams of marijuana, 5 grams of opium, 25 milligrams of heroin or 500 milligrams of cocaine.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060428/...exico_drugs_dc


holy ****** ****!!!!!

Mexico rulez :2thumbsup: , I don't know why people are leaving the place.

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Mexico rulez :2thumbsup: , I don't know why people are leaving the place.

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Because cheetos taste better than tortillas when you have the munchies...:2thumbsup:

wooot, gimme my plane ticket ! ~:smoking:

Not nice. Pot is fine by me (though I hate it personally) just like tobacco; but heroin!?

What the mother******! :dizzy2:

America really need to oppress Mexico now...er...I mean, oppose...its policies...

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Not nice. Pot is fine by me (though I hate it personally) just like tobacco; but heroin!?

What the mother******! :dizzy2:

America really need to oppress Mexico now...er...I mean, oppose...its policies...

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As long as they don't threaten people directly all drugs should be legal. I hope this example to be set on the rest of America, it's a good sign.

Mexico's Congress Legalizes Drugs for Personal Use
Friday, April 28, 2006

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin for personal use — a measure sure to raise questions in Washington about Mexico's commitment to the war on drugs.

The only remaining step was the signature of President Vicente Fox, whose office indicated he would sign it.

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Edit: Heck, they're legalizing just about everything for personal use!


No charges will be brought against ... addicts or consumers who are found in possession of any narcotic for personal use," the Senate bill reads. It also lays out allowable quantities for a large array of other drugs, including LSD, MDA, ecstasy — about two pills' worth — and amphetamines.

2nd edit: HA HA! Look at your friendship with Mexico NOW, Bushie! Some friend, eh? ROFLMFAO.

Now we can allow millions of poverty stricken drug addicts into our country. lolololol. Boy, what a chump. Go hang out with old Foxie on the ranch, W, I'm sure he is ready with yet another giant knife for your back. lolololol. This is so hilarious. I love it. I just love it.

How did I not see this? :inquisitive:

Merge, please?

To mirror the thoughts of thousands of like-minded ejits here, there, and everywhere.. "Screw Amsterdam! To Mexico!"

Holy crap!:laugh4:

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As long as they don't threaten people directly all drugs should be legal. I hope this example to be set on the rest of America, it's a good sign.

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Good luck with an example to the rest of America.

Heheh, think about all them Americans that will illegally cross the border, smuggle drugs and undermine the social fabric of North Mexico by their sheer numbers. :laugh4:

Here is the problem from a business minded standpoint:

By legalizing consumption, you increase consumption. Increased consumption = greater demand.

Greater demand stimulates greater supply.

More and more "businesses" will manufacture narcotics to sell to the new Mexican Industry of Narco-Tourism. Congratulations Mexico, you have just become the center of the world for drug consumption.

I suspect that we will see a flood of Americans crossing your borders now, eh? And guess what: They are almost all Democrats so you folks should get along nicely. :laugh4:


This is going to get very very interesting, very very fast.


If ever there was a reason for border security, this is it. GREAT WALL OF EL MEXICO HERE WE COME!!!!!

Thank you Vicente!

ninja'd

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=64094

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Good luck with an example to the rest of America.

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You do know that I mean America as in the whole continent right? Cocaine to be descriminalized in Bolivia, and now this group of descriminalizations carrying the banner of freedom and reason in Mexico, what's stopping it from spreading to Nicaragua, Guatemala, and beyond?

this is bad news for border towns (on both sides of it) - those places are going to turn into ****holes by "tourists" of the worse type and those seeking to capitalize on selling to them.

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You do know that I mean America as in the whole continent right? Cocaine to be descriminalized in Bolivia, and now this group of descriminalizations carrying the banner of freedom and reason in Mexico, what's stopping it from spreading to Nicaragua, Guatemala, and beyond?

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I didn't actually. Not much.

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You do know that I mean America as in the whole continent right? Cocaine to be descriminalized in Bolivia, and now this group of descriminalizations carrying the banner of freedom and reason in Mexico, what's stopping it from spreading to Nicaragua, Guatemala, and beyond?

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Why is this a good thing? Mexico is going to become the drug capital of the world!

Another reason for the wall.

Crazed Rabbit

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

Here is the problem from a business minded standpoint:

By legalizing consumption, you increase consumption. Increased consumption = greater demand.

Greater demand stimulates greater supply.

More and more "businesses" will manufacture narcotics to sell to the new Mexican Industry of Narco-Tourism. Congratulations Mexico, you have just become the center of the world for drug consumption.

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From the original article it looks like they will be cracking down on the "businesses". Who knows how succesful that will be though.

"All in all, it's just another brick in the wall."

See you on the other side. Mexico is now my goal for living: Tequila, Mescal, peyote growing wild, and now various legalized substances that will do terrible harm to my body. In other words: my heaven.

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Here is the problem from a business minded standpoint:

By legalizing consumption, you increase consumption. Increased consumption = greater demand.

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Not sure if that is born out by the evidence in places that have decriminalised personal use drugs.

Personally I think it is the worst way to do this. You are not tackling the black market or the poor quality of the drugs, or the high prices.

You need full legalisation and control.

Do people know the number of deaths every year from alcohol from illegal stills? One hell of a lot. More go blind or are brain damaged.

Anyone would scoff that this is reason in itself to criminalise alcohol, as the two are completely different.

So drugs. I've given people morphine, and they've lived to tell the tale. Heroin on occasion, and I've had and given cocaine analogues.

Yes, we give all these things in pure form of set metered amounts in hospitals. And it is very rare that we kill someone.

It is a good forst step in Mexico. A better one would be for some companies to be allowed to sell and distribute the drugs. Pure doses, with no contaminants.

Who here would inject an unknown substance into their veins. Even flour and water. Yes, it can bugger your veins up, and can kill you. Is this a reflection on the chemical itself or our way of approaching the issue.

Sure some towns will be affected, but if one was going into a pharmacyand bought a pack and then had a place to use it, the difference would be the massive cash injection (ho ho) into the town. It is the failure of other countries to not have the balls to do likewise that would cause narco-tourism.

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By legalizing consumption, you increase consumption. Increased consumption = greater demand.

Greater demand stimulates greater supply.

More and more "businesses" will manufacture narcotics to sell to the new Mexican Industry of Narco-Tourism. Congratulations Mexico, you have just become the center of the world for drug consumption.

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consumption was legalized (or better "de-criminalized") over here some 2 years ago......the levels of consumption haven´t escalated......so that blows that teory out of the water.

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Why is this a good thing? Mexico is going to become the drug capital of the world!

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So? Isn't Germany the beer capital, in some way. Isn't the Vatican the christianity capital. We'll have vices and obsessions. We'll rely on something external to find support. It will be perfect if we found that support always and only on humans, but because we're weak we resort to all kind of thinks: religion, drugs, alcohol, tabacco, 12 step programs, etc. What's your problem with drugs if you are not taking them?
Not sure if that is born out by the evidence in places that have

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decriminalised personal use drugs.

Personally I think it is the worst way to do this. You are not tackling the black market or the poor quality of the drugs, or the high prices.

You need full legalisation and control.

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Substances like heroin became cheaper and cheaper as the war on drugs advanced. If you legalize it, you can tax it, increase it's price, and control its consumption. I'm not sure why you wanna do that, but the better way to do it, is to introduce it into the mechanism of the market not alienate it. I agree with you. And I'm talking about all drugs, from pot to meth, morphine, arsenical, whatever you want to destroy your body with, it's your choice really.

Really, the runners high can be more intensely euphoric than heroin, anyway. Endorphins are quite similar to morphine.:book: Injecting anything doesn't necessarily mess up your veins, it is the user and if they're stupid enough to keep using some dull arse needle in their veins. Injecting is pretty stupid, anyway. Once it's in there, it's in there and you're screwed if it's too much. That's why its better for users to know for sure what the strength of the stuff is. DA, smell a dollar bill sometime. The chances are that it smells like baking soda (usually the cut) and cocaine. Drugs are already used by far more people than you know. I think when it comes to long term drug-damage, the most damaging are methamphetamine, ketamine, (cigs because of the preservative junk), alcohol, and extremely large doses of DXM, along with the nasty combination you find in most pills of exstacy. Some of the most dangerous to use often are already legal. I really don't understand how alcohol is any different than the rest, somehow people think it's better. Most drugs don't have nearly as extreme an effect on your state of mind, and it is one of the most prone to make you do utterly ridiculous things. I hate it. Chemical reactions are changing in your brain all the time -- what you eat, how you exercise, and what you do daily, all change how your brain works and its chemical reactions. Most people live in a world of total ignorance to these things.~:)

Decriminalizing personal drug use is a good idea, it brings the resources of lawenforcement to focus on the barons and pushers instead of the victim of addiction.

Wicked, but 5 grams of pot? Everyone buys in quarter-ounces...

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Decriminalizing personal drug use is a good idea, it brings the resources of lawenforcement to focus on the barons and pushers instead of the victim of addiction.

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Exactly! :idea2:

People who don't understand the situation on the border between the United States and Mexico haven't a clue about what they are talking about.

What will this do to the communities along the border which are alreadly suffering from runaway corruption and crime?

An interesting political ploy by Mexico, considering the upcoming planned demonstrations on monday and the upcoming election cycle in the United States.


Some would ask why I state this, read the article carefully and you might just notice why.