Mexico Senate OKs bill to legalize drug possesion

tjwash

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Fri May-01-09 12:20 PM
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Mexico Senate OKs bill to legalize drug possesion

May be old news, but this is the first I have heard of it.

MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate approved a bill on Tuesday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of narcotics for personal use, in order to free resources to fight violent drug cartels.

The bill, proposed by conservative President Felipe Calderon, would make it legal to carry up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of marijuana, 500 milligrams (0.018 ounces) of cocaine and tiny quantities of other drugs such as heroin and methamphetamines.

Mexico's Congress passed a similar proposal in 2006 but the bill was vetoed by Calderon's predecessor Vicente Fox, under pressure from the United States, which said it would increase drug abuse, but now is worried by the drug-related violence along its border.

Probably get vetoed again, but interesting news none the less.

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barbtries

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Fri May-01-09 12:22 PM
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1. i've told you this before

and it's totally off topic, but i love that picture. lol

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tjwash

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Fri May-01-09 12:24 PM
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2. My 2 best buddies...

Edited on Fri May-01-09 12:26 PM by tjwash

Kitty just earned bug brownie points by snagging that damn gopher that's been destroying our garden.

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Tiggeroshii

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Fri May-01-09 12:35 PM
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3. But it was proposed by Calderon, why would it be vetoed?

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barbtries

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Fri May-01-09 01:00 PM
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4. good point.

i don't think he'd veto his own bill.

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Tiggeroshii

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Sun May-03-09 02:02 AM
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9. The US had a lot of interest the last time a bill like this went up.

Fox got a lot of pressure from us to veto it, even though he may have supported it anyways. If you might've guessed, I found this out a little bit after my original post with a web search...

I think though, the current situation may keep the same thing from happening again.

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crimsonblue

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Fri May-01-09 01:08 PM
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5. Will the US be the last Western Country to decriminalize drugs?

I suspect so.

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dysfunctional press

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Fri May-01-09 03:45 PM
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8. yes.

without a doubt.

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cpompilo

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Fri May-01-09 03:39 PM
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6. There goes the War on Drug(users) n/t

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dysfunctional press

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Fri May-01-09 03:44 PM
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7. "Probably get vetoed again..." did you even read your own post?

"The bill, proposed by conservative President Felipe Calderon..."

why would he veto a bill that he proposed...? :crazy:

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