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AntivaxHunters

(3,234 posts)
26. Ike?
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 02:30 PM
Jun 2022

Try everyone who's come after him too.
We destabilized countries in Central America & South America with intention of toppling their governments. What do you think would happen?

You're worried about drugs yet we still don't even have legalized weed in this country. You want to end drug problems coming in from south of the border? Start with the decriminalization of illicit drugs like Canada just did in British Columbia. You take away the profits of cartels and they they decline fast. But instead we're locking people up, often time for decades, because they committed their 3rd strike for having a few ounces of weed on them.

Ya, miss me with that.


British Columbia to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/31/british-columbia-decriminalize-cocaine-opioids-meth/

TORONTO — The possession of small amounts of several illicit drugs, including cocaine and opioids such as fentanyl or heroin, will be temporarily decriminalized in British Columbia, the federal government said Tuesday, in what it cast as a “bold” step to “turn the tide” in the province’s overdose crisis.

Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions, said Ottawa had granted the provincial government’s request for an exemption from the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act for three years, starting Jan. 31, 2023.

As of that date, adults 18 and older in Canada’s westernmost province will be allowed to carry a cumulative total of up to 2.5 grams of some drugs for personal use without being arrested or charged, or having their drugs confiscated. The illicit drugs include opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

The trafficking, production, exportation and importation of those drugs will remain illegal, as will the possession of any quantity of those drugs at airports, near child-care facilities and primary and secondary schools, or by members of the military.

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I hope we weren't behind the snub. Magoo48 Jun 2022 #1
"Strengthening democracies across the Americas" brooklynite Jun 2022 #2
It is hypocritically selective and stinks of exclusivity based on interferences we were party to. Magoo48 Jun 2022 #7
It was us DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #3
Who else? iemanja Jun 2022 #4
Some CARICOM countires are boycotting as well malaise Jun 2022 #5
The decision of Cuba, Nicaraugua, and Venezuela wnylib Jun 2022 #6
lol their civil rights record? AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #11
Just laugh malaise Jun 2022 #17
Yes, it is very true that we have no standing in the world wnylib Jun 2022 #19
I was only quoting the reasons given wnylib Jun 2022 #18
Creating problems, lol. róisín_dubh Jun 2022 #24
Well, I am not about to get into the length and time wnylib Jun 2022 #25
I just find it very rich... róisín_dubh Jun 2022 #31
Ike? AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #26
Good grief. I did not say that wnylib Jun 2022 #27
Then El Salvador should be excluded.. roody Jun 2022 #12
I would think so, too, but I don't know wnylib Jun 2022 #20
Because of human rights? 48656c6c6f20 Jun 2022 #14
I don't have time or space to give a background on wnylib Jun 2022 #21
Mexico is not boycotting and will be attending. mathematic Jun 2022 #16
Thanks. I had not heard that. The last I knew, Obrador wnylib Jun 2022 #22
And all three states, in addition to showing complete contempt Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #8
Backing Putin is a far better reason to put out there than civil rights at home DFW Jun 2022 #15
Agree that the position of those countries wnylib Jun 2022 #23
If that is what they are saying, I say they have not thought it through DFW Jun 2022 #38
They are also citing "authoritarian governments." wnylib Jun 2022 #40
+1 crickets Jun 2022 #37
The 60 year embargo on Cuba has roody Jul 2022 #44
I think I trust the judgment of President Biden over random internet guy. tritsofme Jun 2022 #9
Well you probably shouldn't. róisín_dubh Jun 2022 #32
My reply was directed to the absurd OP, not wynlib's thoughtful response. tritsofme Jun 2022 #33
Didn't suggest it was directed at wnylib. róisín_dubh Jun 2022 #35
It's certainly not this OP. tritsofme Jun 2022 #36
How long are we going to keep AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #10
When is Cuba going to deal with the human rights abuses? ripcord Jun 2022 #13
Heck we used to have one poster who insisted Cuba was a functioning Democracy EX500rider Jun 2022 #29
And most people there are still poor Just_Vote_Dem Jun 2022 #34
Of course they are poor. roody Jun 2022 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author roody Jun 2022 #43
President Kennedy explained the situation. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #28
Just...why? Xolodno Jun 2022 #30
Ask the Ukrainians. Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #41
Why should they be invited? Elessar Zappa Jun 2022 #39
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