Thread: Mexico enacts 'PERSONAL USE' drug law

Mexico enacts 'personal use' drug law

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has enacted a controversial law that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin.

The law defines "personal use" amounts for those drugs, as well as LSD and methamphetamines.

It says people found with those amounts will not face criminal prosecution, but that if caught a third time they will be required to complete treatment programs, though no punishment is specified to enforce that.

The law enacted Thursday says anyone caught with personal-use quantities of drugs will be urged to seek treatment for dependency. It takes effect Friday.

In 2006, the U.S. government publicly criticized a similar bill. Then-President Vicente Fox sent that legislation back to Congress for reconsideration.
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Wow, I think I've now heard it all! These are the people Obama wants to legalize? Unbelievable! The so called war on drugs in mexico is a joke, the drug cartels own the country, the officials, the businesses, the people and everything else in mexico. I call this drug law (HA) proof of mass corruption in mexico.

Time to stop "cooperating" with a government like that.

And if you smoke a couple pounds of pot and do a kilo of cocaine a day, does that count?

Originally Posted by vortex

And if you smoke a couple pounds of pot and do a kilo of cocaine a day, does that count?

Erich Moncada, writing for El Sendero del Peje, argues that the decriminalized quantities of drugs are arbitrary. The allowable quantities of marijuana (5 grams) and heroin (50 mg) constitute multiple doses. The allowable quantity of cocaine is a half a gram, or about three lines--not nearly the quantity an established user would consume in a single session. Regarding the .5 gram cocaine limit, the Mexican Collective for Integrated Drug Policy stated, "These amounts are not realistic in terms of the drug market (for example, the initiative allows a consumer to have .5 grams of coke, when coke is sold on the streets by the gram)." In the case of marijuana, even though 5 grams is a multi-dose quantity, it is still less than most Mexican consumers purchase at once, because marijuana is significantly cheaper in Mexico than in the United States, and purchasing in larger quantities means a significant reduction in price.

Can we give U.S. drug addicts one way bus tickets to Mexico?

Mexico enacts 'personal use' drug law

WAIT A MINUTE HERE. I THOUGHT THE DRUG WARS AND PROBLEMS WERE TOTALLY DUE TO AMERICA'S USE OF THE DRUGS AND THEIR TRAFFICKING?

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

It says people found with those amounts will not face criminal prosecution, but that if caught a third time they will be required to complete treatment programs, though no punishment is specified to enforce that.

The drug cartels are in charge of Mexico, apparently. Soon coming to a city near you, too. Even smokers have to obey rules for goodness sake!