Posted on 04/28/2006 10:31:11 AM PDT by edcoil
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Owning 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 Congress.
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, under a bill passed by senators late on Thursday and earlier approved by the lower house.
People caught with larger quantities of drugs will be treated as narcotics dealers and face increased jail terms under the plan.
The government says the measure allows police to focus on major drug dealers, and President Fox is expected to sign it into law.
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Mexico just 'greasing the skids' for what they expect will be their third-most profitable export.
Sure. All American teens should become heroin addicts. It's the really cool thing to do. (wtf?)
It was the blatant lie about going after the major dealers that gets me.
It's the same in Puerto Vallarta.
I'm going down the east coast of Mexico in October, I imagine it's the same there.
This is a great plan for a country with limited government resources for law enforcement, prosecution, and imprisonment.
Who would you rather have rotting in any particular Mexican jail cell, a Mexican who is a violent criminal and will serve his full term. Or a Mexican violent criminal who was released early and jumps the border to the US, because the cell is needed for 2 non violent druggies to do their terms.
Who would you rather the local police demand bribes from? The local cokehead or local drug smuggling rings?
How many officers would you want in narcotics division as compared to beat cops?
How many docket slots would you want filled with petty drug possession cases, as compared to serious criminal trials?
How many underclass young men of mestizo background do you want to incarcerate for petty drug crimes at a net loss to MExican society, when if you leave them be they will probably run out of options in Mexico and head across the border and become net positives through wage remittance to family members in their home communities.
I'd rather build a huge wall, ship all the illegals back to Mexico (both free and incarcerated), and seal the border up so tight an ant couldn't even get through,and force Mexico to simply deal with it themselves. The druggies are their people, not ours.
The one thing I did like is that everyone worked in the city.
You never saw anyone looking for handouts or lying around drunk or stoned. Everyone worked. I did hate seeing children out at midnight selling gum at the bars but everyone there was working. No handouts.
Maybe some of our dope heads will go their and stay their. Of course Mexico probably would not allow them in. Their rules for immigration are far stricter then ours.
I thought they legalized it years ago.
How's that workin' out for them?
Apparently the Mexicans just don't appreciate those freedoms. Of course, they aren't coming here so much for freedom as they are for money.
After all Mexico has done for them. Those ungrateful so-and-sos!
Sure. All American teens should become heroin addicts.
Weird idea, -- is our current WOD's preventing teens from becoming addicted to anything?
It's the really cool thing to do. (wtf?)
Why do you think it's cool to say so?
They're just smoking the dope American's won't smoke.
In Cabo you sit on the beach and the Vende's walk up and down all day and you can buy anything, and I mean anything you want. It's the same in Puerto Vallarta.
I'm going down the east coast of Mexico in October, I imagine it's the same there.
24 humblegunner
Uncle Hal wrote:
Maybe some of our dope heads will go their and stay their. Of course Mexico probably would not allow them in.
Maybe our U.S, prohibitionists will pass a 'law' saying you fellas cannot vist Mexico. [for your own protection, of course] -- That will solve the problem.
Whattya think paulsen, is this the way prohibitionism should go?
1) They aren't losing their monopoly
2) They aren't losing black market prices
3) Demand is going to increase
How so? Do they have no better use for their prison space?
Mexico, legalizing the drugs America won't.
There's no there, there.
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