Mexico to Decriminalize Marijuana, Cocaine, Meth and Heroin!

[Skip]

Yes folks, apparently Mexico is about to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, meth and heroin! President Calderon in the middle of an immense war against the Narcos, drug gangs, has decided smartly to focus resources on the big dealers, and not the casual consumer.

Will Mexico see a surge in drug tourism and become the next Amsterdam? Why spend so much to go to Europe when you can just cross the border for a high time? Unfortunately the low amounts covered by the new law aren't realistic. 5 grams of cannabis? Come on, I doubt they ever sell anything smaller than an ounce south of the border...

If only the US would follow Mexico's lead on this. Instead we remain the most puritanical country regarding the personal use of drugs (after Singapore).

http://www.latimes.com/features/hea...ico-decriminalize21-2009jun21,0,6336338.story

 

[Nugz]

From what I read in the article, this law is similar to the Law passed in Brazil in 2006, the difference being there is no set amount to differentiate possession from trafficking. It all depends on the arresting officer or police chief's juidgement. They can hold you for up to 90 days, but depending on the circumstances and if you have a good lawyer you will walk off in a few hours. So the rich can walk off for large amounts for alleged self consumption while the poor can get busted for trafficking for holding a few small individual bags. Dealers and those not up to date with the change in law still pay to get off, and dealers will continue to work under police-political protection, so the corruption factor is still present. Only full decriminalization can change that.

 

[sweetaction]

interesting read but didn't say when to expect it or i glanced over it still i think Amsterdam is the mecca and this would be like a nice summer vacation ...

 

[thekingofNY]

i am fairly certain they already did this months ago...

 

[Skip]

Apparently the law has passed Mexico's congress and is waiting for the president's signature. The previous president, Fox, was going to sign it, but didn't under pressure by G.W. Bush!

 

[cocktail frank]

i see property values in mexico going thru the roof!
buy land while u can, let's emigrate!

 

[zoidb3rg]

Hey, its one way to bring the tourists back after swine flu killed off the last batch.

 

[-HC-]

Hey, its one way to bring the tourists back after swine flu killed off the last batch.

lol Right

But it's going to be very interesting to see how this plays out since Mexico is our neighbor & some country across the ocean

 

[Euphrates]

Who would be supplying the cannabis ? Will it be tolerated to have cafe's for dispensaries like in Holland, or is it just, you get caught with 5 grams or less, there will be no penalty, and you’d have to get it from some shady source ?

Personally I think it should only be Cannabis, I get what they are trying to do, but still. . .

Also, I would rather just continue to take my trips over to Holland, it's not like the only reason to go there is to toke up, there's so much more to do, and places to travel to. Smoking cannabis in Holland is just one perk out of hundreds.

 

[ureapwhatusow]

5 grams of bubble is an acceptable ration for the day

 

[♥Mo♥]

5 grams of kill is a good start. They may up it depending their success. Either way it is cool.

 

[alphacat]

Portugal already decriminalized everything across the board - and guess what? Drug use has gone down, and more people are seeking treatment for addiction to stuff like smack & meth than ever before. This of course infuriates the "it'll never work" crowd.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=125710

 

[cloudy01]

Just got back from a trip to FL and saw this article in the Houston Chronicle. I'm glad Mexico is doing this, I know that they are in the position now to just say fuck what the US has to say about this we need to get our shit together lol. Maybe this can be a big example to the US government and they will wise up. Should be interesting.

 

[buddah]

is this fact now or just talkihng about it??

 

[EllieGrows]

The dominoes seem to be falling quite quickly lately! This is very exciting news.

 

[bass ackwards]

I wonder how much pressure the US is putting on Mexico to fight this. Would love to see Mexico tell the gov. here to stick it.

 

[alphacat]

All this stuff winds up being political capital - leverage to pull out and use at a later date, like when the terms for NAFTA wind up getting re-negotiated, or some sort of subsidy/aid package is up in the air.

This could be a ploy by the Mexican government to ask for assistance in dealing w/ their "narcoterrorism" problem, which appears to be spinning rapidly out of control: the cartels are becoming better armed than the Federales. If you're a Federale looking for a weapon to give you that extra edge... just look North to the land of high powered guns-o-plenty.

But we can all hope still, right? Retirement in Baja California bitches! Heh.

 

[AzGrOw-N-sMoKe]

mexico use to be fun..now tho with all the drug wars going on an people gettin killed in the streets not so much fun...not to mention you need a passport to get in nowadays...use to be albe to park your ride on the us side an just walk over lickity split...now it takes fuckin forever...peace az

 

[Billy Burroughs]

this isnt anything new mexico passed thiss law right before spring break in fact made it public a few months before spring break hoping the college kids would come to mexico even though they're having machine gun shoot outs and it wasnt only marijuana mexico legalized small amounts of everything such as heroin your allowed a tablespoon full and back in my heroin days a tablespoon full was a real nice habit they legalized ecstasy heroin cocaine and marijuana and i believe they made some pain killers easier to obtain but it wasnt anything to do with wanting to reform there drug laws look at the news everyday the fights between the cartels and the mexican army rage on and if drugs were "legal" then why are they having all n all out street fights with b ullets over these drugs i dunno just my take on it reeks of a sham by the mexican tourist industry to get its tourists back lmao i live in vegas and this town 100% is reliable on tourism and our tourism has taken a nose dive wonder why our govenor is gonna call for a free for all to attract tax dollars lmao

 

[johnyhash]

decrim still gives controll of the drugs to gangs creating lots of crime. Legalization and regulation are needed to end the maddness. All drugs should be legal. Its a small step.